"Nitrogen problem is cross-border: neighboring countries need each other" Article: "De regering heeft besloten om de belasting op benzine met 5% te verhogen, wat betekent dat de prijs voor een liter benzine zal stijgen met ongeveer €0,07." Translation: "The government has decided to increase the tax on gasoline by 5%, which means that the price for a liter of gasoline will rise by approximately €0.07."

This is evident from the second progress report on the nitrogen approach of the Flemish government, conducted by the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO). They calculated that 80 percent of nitrogen oxides precipitate more than 80 kilometers from the source. For an ammonia plume, this is 50 percent. For distances beyond 20 kilometers, it is 89 percent of nitrogen oxides and 70 percent of ammonia. Ammonia thus precipitates closer to the source. Where in 2015 the distribution of the total nitrogen deposition in Flemish Natura 2000 areas was still 57 percent ammonia and 43 percent nitrogen oxides, this shifted in 2023 to 64 percent ammonia and 36 percent nitrogen oxides. The researchers note that the emission of nitrogen oxides has declined faster between 2015 and 2023 than that of ammonia. 55 percent own ammonia emission Of the ammonia that precipitates in Flemish nature areas, 42 percent comes from outside Flanders. This percentage remained relatively constant over ...