Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. No. 215 of 2015).

These Regulations amend the Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 so as to make provision for the exercise of derogations in respect of deadlines for relevant applications, to remove references to specific species of grass which are required where a farmer wishes to meet his or her Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) requirement by under-sowing grass and to insert new Schedules 3 and 4. Schedule 3 makes provision for a voluntary coupled support scheme in Scotland in favour of bovine and ovine animals that are born on the farmer s holding and in respect of which the relevant eligibility criteria are met. Schedule 4 lists which breeds of cattle are ineligible for support. These Regulations also amend the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 in respect to standards for good agricultural and environmental condition regarding, among other things, use of pesticides and protection of watercourses from cultivation practices.