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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2026/288 of 9 February 2026 amending Council Directive 91/676/EEC as regards the use of certain fertilising materials from livestock manure · European Union

pathogens in the fertilising materials containing more than 1 % organic carbon do not exceed the following upper limits: Micro-organisms to be tested | Sampling plans | Limit n | c | m | M Salmonella spp. | 5 | 0 | 0 | Absence in 25 g or 25 ml Escherichia coli or enterococci | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 000 in 1 g or 1 ml Where: n = number of samples to be tested, c = number of samples where the number of bacteria expressed in colony forming units (CFU) is between m and M, m = threshold value for the number of bacteria expressed in CFU that is considered satisfactory, M = maximum value of the number of bacteria expressed in CFU.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.