EU: Provisional agreement on the revision of the emissions directive

Parliament and the Council have reached a provisional political agreement on the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED). Regarding livestock farms, co-legislators agreed to extend measures against greenhouse gas emissions to pig farms with more than 350 standard heads (LSU). Farms that raise pigs extensively or organically and outdoors for a significant period of time per year are excluded. As regards poultry, the directive would apply to farms with laying hens of more than 300 LSU and to farms with broiler chickens of more than 280 LSU. For farms that simultaneously raise pigs and poultry, the limit would be 380 LSU. The Commission initially proposed a threshold of 150 LSU for all animals, including cattle. Co-legislators agreed to task the Commission with reviewing, by 31 December 2026, the need for EU action to tackle emissions from livestock farming, including cattle, as well as a reciprocity clause to ensure that producers outside the EU comply with requirements ...