EU countries agree to exclude extensive livestock from industrial emission standards

Published 2023년 3월 18일

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The EU countries have reached a consensus on the revision of the Directive on Industrial Emissions, aiming to enhance environmental standards in pig and poultry farms, and for the first time, cattle farms. The number of animals required for a farm to fall under the directive has been raised from 150 to 350 for cattle and pigs, and 280 for farms raising pigs and poultry. The revised directive seeks to align with the EU's climate commitments by regulating methane and ammonia emissions, and to encourage employment, biodiversity, and rural population growth in the agricultural sector. However, the European Commission warns that the proposed amendments might dilute the original proposal's environmental goals. The revised directive will apply to facilities responsible for emissions like methane, ammonia, and other pollutants, covering around 50,000 facilities across the EU.

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The EU countries have agreed on their position to negotiate the revision of the Directive on Industrial Emissions, which will reinforce environmental requirements in pig and poultry farms and, for the first time, also for cattle, but which leaves livestock out of the scope of application extensive. The position agreed by the Twenty-seven, who will have to negotiate the final text with the European Parliament during the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU in the second half of the year, also toughens the requirements for pig and poultry farms with respect to regulations This is a legislative adjustment to achieve the EU's climate commitments, which was based on a proposal from the European Commission that sought to cover all farms with more than 150 animals -including cattle- to reduce methane emissions or ammonia, among others. But the countries have agreed to raise that number to 350 heads for cattle and pigs, to 280 heads on farms at and 350 in mixed farms, and that it ...

Source: Agrodiario