Mr. Bill Callanan:

-----drop from 250 kg N/ha to 220 kg N/ha. We must recognise that, going way back to 1992, the same principle of declining water quality across the Benelux countries was the rationale for the introduction of the directive at that time. It became a clear request and demand from the Commission in terms of the granting of a derogation. That was the basis for the reasoning. It was quite linked to an interim review, with specific conditions identifying those areas where water quality was declining.