At the same time, the conditionality system established by Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should be adjusted by removing the obligation to devote a share of arable land to non-productive areas and features from GAEC standard 8 as listed in Annex III to that Regulation. The obligation to retain landscape features and the ban on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season, which are currently part of the requirements of GAEC standard 8, should be maintained as part of the conditionality system to ensure that existing landscape features of agricultural areas are protected.
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