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the following articles are inserted after the heading ‘Chapter VIa’: ‘Article 70a Scope This Chapter shall apply to the activities set out in Annex Ia which reach the capacity thresholds set out in that Annex. Article 70b Aggregation rule 1. Member States shall adopt measures to ensure that if two or more installations engaged in livestock rearing activities are located close to each other and if their operator is the same or if the installations are under the control of operators who are engaged in an economic or legal relationship, the competent authority may consider those installations to be a single unit for the purpose of calculating the capacity threshold referred to in Article 70a. Member States shall ensure that the rule referred to in the first subparagraph is not used to circumvent the obligations set out in this Directive. 2. By 5 August 2028, the Commission shall publish guidelines, after consulting the Member States, on the criteria for considering different installations to be a single unit under paragraph 1. Article 70c Permits and registrations 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that no installation falling within the scope of this Chapter operates without a permit or without being registered and that the operation of all installations within the scope of this Chapter complies with the uniform conditions for operating rules referred to in Article 70i. Member States may use any similar pre-existing procedure for the registration of installations in order to avoid creating an administrative burden. Member States may apply a permitting procedure to the intensive rearing of poultry and pigs: Member States may include requirements for certain categories of installations falling within the scope of this Chapter in the general binding rules referred to in Article 6. Member States shall specify the procedure for registration or granting a permit in respect of installations falling within the scope of this Chapter. Those procedures shall include at least the information listed in paragraph 2. 2. Registrations or applications for permits shall include at least a description of the following elements: 3. Applications shall also include a non-technical summary of the information referred to in paragraph 2. 4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the operator informs the competent authority, without delay, of any planned substantial change to the installations falling within the scope of this Chapter which could have consequences for the environment. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall reconsider and update the permit or request the operator to apply for a permit or make a new registration. 5. The Commission shall assess the impacts of the implementation of the operating rules laid down in Article 70i and submit, by 11 years after the entry into force of the implementing act referred to in Article 70i(2), a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the results of that assessment. Article 70d Obligations of the operator 1. Member States shall ensure that the operator carries out monitoring of emissions and of associated environmental performance levels in accordance with the uniform conditions for operating rules referred to in Article 70i. Monitoring data shall be obtained by means of measurement methods or, where not practicable, by calculation methods such as the use of emission factors. The methods used for obtaining the monitoring data shall be described in the operating rules. The operator shall keep a record of, and process, all monitoring results, for a period of at least 5 years, in such a way as to enable the verification of compliance with the emission limit values and environmental performance limit values set out in operating rules. 2. In the event of non-compliance with the emission limit values and environmental performance limit values set out in the uniform conditions for operating rules referred to in Article 70i, Member States shall require the operator to take the measures necessary to ensure that compliance is restored within the shortest possible time. 3. The operator shall ensure that any manure management, including land spreading of waste, animal by-products or other residues generated by the installation is undertaken in accordance with the best available techniques, as specified in the operating rules, and other relevant Union legislation and that it does not cause significant pollution of the environment. Article 70e Monitoring 1. Member States shall ensure that suitable monitoring is carried out in accordance with the uniform conditions for operating rules referred to in Article 70i. 2. All monitoring results shall be recorded, processed and presented in such a way as to enable the competent authority to verify compliance with the operating conditions, emission limit values and environmental performance limit values which are included in the general binding rules referred to in Article 6 or in the permit. 3. The operator shall, without delay, make available the data and information listed in paragraph 2 to the competent authority upon request. The competent authority may make such a request in order to verify compliance with the uniform conditions for operating rules. The competent authority shall make that request if a member of the public requests access to the data or information listed in paragraph 2. Article 70f Non-compliance 1. Member States shall ensure that the values for emissions and environmental performance levels are monitored in accordance with the uniform conditions for operating rules referred to in Article 70i and do not exceed the emission limit values and environmental performance limit values set out therein. 2. Member States shall set up an effective compliance monitoring system, based on either environmental inspections or other measures, to check compliance with the requirements set out in this Chapter. 3. In the event of non-compliance with the requirements set out in this Chapter, Member States shall ensure that the competent authority requires the operator to take any measures, in addition to the measures taken by the operator under Article 70d, that are necessary to ensure that compliance is restored without delay. Where non-compliance causes a significant degradation of local air, water or soil conditions, or where it poses, or risks posing, a significant danger to human health, the operation of the installation shall be suspended by the competent authority until compliance is restored. Article 70g Public information and participation 1. Member States shall ensure that the public concerned are given early and effective opportunities to participate in the following procedures: 2. The competent authority shall make available to the public, including systematically via the internet, free of charge and without restricting access to registered users, the following documents and information: Article 70h Access to justice 1. Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with the relevant national legal system, members of the public concerned have access to a review procedure before a court of law or another independent and impartial body established by law to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of decisions, acts or omissions subject to this Chapter when one of the following conditions is met: Standing in the review procedure shall not be conditional on the role that the member of the public concerned played during a participatory phase of the decision-making procedures under this Directive. The review procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive, and shall provide for adequate and effective remedies, including injunctive relief as appropriate. 2. Member States shall determine at what stage the decisions, acts or omissions may be challenged. Article 70i Uniform conditions for operating rules 1. The Commission shall organise an exchange of information between Member States, the sectors concerned, non-governmental organisations promoting environmental protection and the Commission before establishing uniform conditions for operating rules in accordance with paragraph 2. The exchange of information shall, in particular, address the following: 2. The Commission shall adopt by 1 September 2026 an implementing act to establish uniform conditions for operating rules for each of the activities referred to in Annex Ia. The uniform conditions for operating rules shall be consistent with the use of best available techniques for the activities listed in Annex Ia and shall take into account the nature, type, size and stocking density of those installations, the size of herds of single animal types in mixed farms, and the specificities of pasture-based rearing systems, where animals are only seasonally reared in indoor installations. They shall also include indicative information on emerging techniques, where available. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 75(2). 3. Member States shall ensure that the competent authority follows or is informed of developments in best available techniques and of the publication of any new or updated uniform conditions for operating rules.’ ; with more than 40 000 places for poultry; with more than 2 000 places for production pigs over 30 kg; or with more than 750 places for sows. the installation and its activities; the animal type; the stocking density in LSU per hectare calculated in accordance with Annex Ia, where necessary; the capacity of the installation; the sources of emissions from the installation; the nature and quantities of foreseeable emissions from the installation into each medium. preparation of general binding rules as referred to in Article 6 on permits for installations falling within the scope of this Chapter; the granting of a permit for a new installation falling within the scope of this Chapter; the granting of an updated permit in accordance with Article 70c(4) for any substantial change to an existing installation falling within the scope of this Chapter; or the procedure for registration, in the event that general binding rules are not adopted, and the Member States allow the installation only to be registered. the permit or the registration; the results of the consultations held in accordance with paragraph 1; the general binding rules referred to in Article 6 which are applicable to installations falling within the scope of this Chapter; and the reports of inspections of the installations falling within the scope of this Chapter. they have a sufficient interest; they maintain the impairment of a right, where administrative procedural law of a Member State requires that as a precondition. the emission and environmental performance levels of installations and techniques, and other measures consistent with Annex III; the techniques used, associated monitoring, cross-media effects, economic and technical viability and developments in that regard; best available techniques identified after considering the issues mentioned in points (a) and (b); emerging techniques.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.