Keywords

• Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations
• Directive 91/676/EEC
• Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources
• Article 5(4) and (5), paragraphs A(1), (2), (4) and (6) of Annex II and paragraph 1(2) and (3) and paragraph 2 of Annex III
• Capacity of storage vessels for livestock manure
• Limitation of the land application of fertilisers based on a balance between the foreseeable nitrogen requirements of crops and the nitrogen supply to crops from the soil and from fertilisation
• Ensuring that the amount of livestock manure applied to land each year does not exceed a specified amount per hectare
• Provisions contained in a code of good agricultural practice and covering periods, conditions and procedures for the land application of fertilisers
• Obligation to adopt any additional measures or reinforced actions necessary.