Simple download service (Atom) of the dataset: Rivers retained under GAEC (cross-compliance of CAP aid) in the Var department for the year 2018

Watercourses or portion of watercourses to be bordered by grassed strips under good agricultural and environmental conditions, defined by prefectural decree. All farmers who have farmland located within 5 metres of the edge of a GAEC river are required to establish a buffer strip along those streams of a minimum width of 5 metres. The retained streams are the watercourses in full blue line and dotted blue line with a name appearing on the IGN maps at the most recent 1/25 000th, with the exception of some of these rivers, listed in the Prefectural Order of 13 April 2018 on GAEC. The authorised cutlery are grassy, permanent and sufficiently covered. Conditionality, introduced in 2005, ensures a more sustainable agriculture and thus promotes a better acceptance of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by citizens. This system makes the payment of Community agricultural aid subject to compliance with basic environmental requirements, good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC), health and animal protection and the health of plant production. All farmers are affected. These rivers are defined in the inter-ministerial circular Map-Medd DGFAR/SDSTAR/C2005-5046 of 27 September 2005, pursuant to the Order of 12 January 2005 for the application of Articles R.615-10 and R.615-12 of the Rural Code and on environmental cover and rotation rules.