Vulnerable areas

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1. Known areas of the territory whose runoff flows into the waters affected by pollution and those that could be affected by pollution if appropriate measures are not taken. 2. Area of the territory delimited and designated in application of Directive 91/676/EEC and which has similar agricultural and soil-climatic characteristics.

Source: 1. Resolution of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries approving the Code of Good Agricultural Practices 2. Decree 5/2020, designating the Vulnerable Zones to water pollution by nitrates from agricultural and livestock sources, and approving the Code of Good Agricultural Practices
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