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These Regulations provide for payment in respect of an undertaking to follow the general environmental conditions set out in Schedule 1 and to carry out at least one of the management activities set out in Schedule 2 or the capital activities set out in Schedule 3. These Regulations provide also for grants to compensate partly for costs of environment audit, planning and undertaking. The Regulations supplement EC Council Regulations No. 2078/92 on agricultural methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside and include provisions to meet requirements of Commission Decision C(89)97 of 23 January 1997 concerning the agri-environmental programme "the Countryside Premium Scheme". Regulation 5 provides for a grant for common grazing with consent of the majority of crofters resident in the township. Management activities include management of various grasslands, the creation of wetlands, the management of water margin and food plains and the management of coastal health. Site criteria and management requirements are specified for each activity. (14 regulations completed by 5 Schedules)
