B.

Member States may also include in their code(s) of good agricultural practices the following items: 7. land use management, including the use of crop rotation systems and the proportion of the land area devoted to permanent crops relative to annual tillage crops; 8. the maintenance of a minimum quantity of vegetation cover during (rainy) periods that will take up the nitrogen from the soil that could otherwise cause nitrate pollution of water; 9. the establishment of fertilizer plans on a farm-by-farm basis and the keeping of records on fertilizer use; 10. the prevention of water pollution from run-off and the downward water movement beyond the reach of crop roots in irrigation systems.

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