European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 65 of 2018).

These Regulations amend the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017 to give effect to the Commission Implementing Decision of on granting a derogation requested by Ireland pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. Amendments concern, among other things soil organic matter determination, use of organic fertiliser, derogations from article 20 on the use livestock manure. Where an application for derogation is made to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in accordance with these Regulations that Minister shall consider the application and, where that Minister considers that the application does not comply with the conditions therein, shall issue a notice of refusal to the occupier. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall carry out, or arrange for the carrying out of, such monitoring, controls and reporting as are necessary for the purposes of Articles 8, 9 and 10 of the Commission Decision.