The final sub-period of 2009–2013, corresponding to the fivefirst years of the Ecophyto Plan, shows no specific pattern of agricultural land use change (Fig. 2). Grassland and setaside land areascontinued to decrease, following the reduction to zero of the compulsory set-aside rate. Land area devoted to oil seeds continued to increase. Land area allocated to cereals declined in 2009, 2010 and 2011, but increased again in 2012 and 2013