ABSTRACT soil erosion by water is ane of the major threats to soils in the European Union.with a negative impacton ecosystem services crop production drinking water and carbon stocks. The European Thematic strategy has identified soil erosion a relevant issue for the European Union, and has proposed an approach to monitor soil erosion. This paper presents the application of a modified version f the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model (RUSLE2015) soil Europe reference year 2010, within which the input factors (Rainfall erosivity, So erodib Cover- Management, Topography, support practices) are modelled with the most recently available pan- has been used before in RUSLE2015 improves quality European While RU estimation by introducing updated (2010), high-resolution (100 m Union's erosion-prone lands (agricultural, forests and semi-natural areas) was found to be 2.46 t ha yr h, resulting in a total so oss of 970 Mt annually is it the effects of based use changes and support practices. The impact of the Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition the and the grouped under land management (reducedlno till, plant residues, cover crops) and support practices (contour farming, maintenanc of stone walls and grass margins). The policy interventions the past decade the so oss rate by 9.5% on average Europe, and by 20x for arable lands. given to the on ha of croplands which currently have unsustainable so of more than ha 1, and to which policy measures should be targeted. 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the co BY license on