Question juridique clé
Whether the 1997 IP contribution had to be paid in full despite failure to meet the minimum soil protection index.
Solution extraite
No. Because the required soil protection index was clearly not met, the contribution could validly be reduced by half.
Motifs extraits
The IP rules require the whole farm to comply with the minimum standards. J. knowingly chose a crop rotation that made compliant winter cover practically impossible and thus had to bear the resulting shortfall himself. Overperformance in other ecological respects cannot offset the breach of a core IP requirement.