In order to maintain the same cross-compliance rules relating to protection of groundwater as those laid down in Directive 80/68/EEC as at the last day of the validity of that Directive, it is appropriate to adjust the scope of cross-compliance and to define a standard of good agricultural and environmental condition that encompasses the requirements of Articles 4 and 5 of that Directive.
Chun na rialachacéanna faoi thras-chomhlíonadh a bhaineann le cosaint screamhuisce a choimeád mar a leagtar síos iad i dTreoir 80/68/CEE ar lá deireanach a bailíochta, is iomchuí raon feidhme an tras-chomhlíonta a choigeartú agus caighdeán dea-bhaile talmhaíochta agus comhshaoil lena gcuimsítear ceanglais Airteagal 4 agus Airteagal 5 den Treoir sin a shainiú.