Recital 4

(4) Broader application of organic fertilisers and nutrients from recycled waste streams could strengthen the Union’s open strategic autonomy and food security while setting out high sustainability standards, in particular, in regions with a low uptake of organic fertilisers. The use of manure and processed manure, in compliance with Directive 91/676/EEC, could reduce farmers’ exposure to volatile mineral fertiliser prices and close nutrient cycles. The Communication entitled ‘Ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers’ (3) called for the assessment of further regulatory and non-regulatory steps to enable wider use of recovered nutrients from livestock manure.

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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.