Finland: Animal owners will pay for environmental damage

New fund In Finland, a new environmental damage fund, which is responsible for collecting fees for environmental damage, will start operating next year. According to the Finnish Ministry of the Environment, the idea behind the fund is that the state does not have to pay for polluters' environmental liabilities from tax revenues. The amount of the environmental damage fee should depend on the environmental pollution risk of the company or enterprise. Animal owners are seriously affected The requirement for fees also affects the agricultural sector, especially cattle farmers. According to the ministry, pig farms with more than 2,000 places for fattening pigs over 30 kg or more than 750 sows, as well as poultry farms with more than 40,000 places, will in future have to pay an annual contribution of 5,200 euros. This amount also applies to farms with at least 300 dairy cows, 500 beef cattle or 600 suckler cows. In order to precisely define the appropriate livestock units, the ministry ...