C. Jakobsson 5/2003
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The policy implementation of nutrient
management in European Countries
EU:s Nitrate Directive
Implementation of nutrient management legislation
EU:s Nitrate Directive
Implementation of nutrient management legislation
•The Nitrate
Directive
issued in 1991. Most activities to be implemented before 2000.
•Objectives are to
reduce water pollution caused or induced by nitrates
from agricultural sources and to prevent such pollution.
•Member states must identify
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NZVs) on the basis of monitoring
requirements results.
• Action Programmes with mandatory measures on
agricultural practices must be implemented in NVZs. Maximum amounts of
animal
manure that can be applied to land yearly (210 kg N/ha until mid-December 2002
when the amount will be reduced to 170 kg N/ha).
•Monitoring of water quality according to specific
requirements.
•Codes of Good Agricultural
Practice
(CGAP) must be elaborated and are mandatory in the NVZs and
voluntary outside.
