SECTION 4.1 OF THESE GUIDELINES FOR AT LEAST ONE GENERATION OR, IN THE...

11. The competent authority may reduce the conversion periods or conditions established in paragraph 10 (for the

land) and/or paragraph 12 (for livestock and livestock products) in the following cases:

a) pasture, open-air runs and exercise areas used by non-herbivore species;

b) for bovine, equine, ovine and caprine coming from extensive husbandry during an implementation period

established by the competent authority or dairy herds converted for the first time;

c) if there is simultaneous conversion of livestock and land used only for feeding within the same unit, the

conversion period for both livestock, pasture and/or land used for animal feed, may be reduced to two

years only in the case where the existing livestock and their offspring are fed mainly with products from

the unit.