EU ministers to curb Commission’s ambition on curbing livestock emissions

Published 2023년 2월 1일

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EU agriculture ministers are opposing the European Commission's proposal to extend emission reduction rules to more farms, particularly those with over 150 livestock units. They argue that this could burden small and medium-sized farms and are pushing for higher thresholds to exclude these farms. The Commission's proposal aims to cover more types of farms and more units within existing farms to reduce methane and ammonia emissions from the livestock sector. Despite criticism, the Commission remains steadfast in its position, defending the proposed thresholds as necessary to reach emission reduction targets.

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EU agriculture ministers want fewer farms to abide by the Commission’s proposed emission reduction rules, suggesting a higher threshold for their application which will keep family and small farms off the count. With its proposed overhaul of the industrial emissions directive (IED), the EU executive aims to reduce harmful emissions from industrial installations. According to the Commission’s proposal from April 2022, livestock farms from a certain size upwards would count as such installations and thus fall under the emission reduction rules – an idea that has been met with passionate resistance from EU countries. During their meeting in Brussels on Monday (30 January), EU agriculture ministers criticised the Commission’s plans to include more farms in the emission reduction rules – regarding both the size and type of farm. While the current directive covers about 4% of EU pig and poultry farms, the EU executive wants to extend the scope of the legislation to cattle and lower the ...

Source: Euractiv