Agricultural area resulting from the 2023 SIGEC according to Directive 2021/20115/EU

Walloon agricultural areas (2021/2115/EU) consist of arable land, permanent grassland and permanent crops. These areas include the constituent elements of the reference parcels, units of the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS or LPIS) required by the European Commission. The Paying Agency of Wallonia determines the types of coverage of agricultural areas on the basis of the consolidated crop codes and the history of the parcels. It is based on aerial orthophotographs taken annually throughout Wallonia. Automatic findings are generated when there is a discrepancy between the crop code declared by the farmer, checked on the spot or detected by the AMS (Area Monitoring System) and the type of cover recorded in the identification system for agricultural parcels. The types of coverage are as follows: - arable land - permanent grassland - permanent culture Agricultural areas also include landscape features (from 2023) and ecological focus areas (EFAs; before 2023). Each agricultural area bears a unique identification registered in the LPIS, Wallonia’s Geographic Information System (GIS). They concern the entire Walloon territory. Agricultural areas are published in order to meet Regulation 2023/138/EU. However, the official source remains the copy managed and held by the Paying Agency of Wallonia.