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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

(1) Article 5(4), point (a), of Directive 91/676/EEC, sets out the measures to be included in action programmes to be applied in vulnerable zones or throughout the national territory in accordance with Article 3(5) of that Directive. Pursuant to point 2 of Annex III to Directive 91/676/EEC, those measures are to ensure that, for each farm or livestock unit, the amount of livestock manure or processed manure applied to the land each year, including by animals themselves, does not exceed a specified amount per hectare, set at 170 kg nitrogen (N) per year.

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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.