Provided below is a summary of the key measures of the Nitrates Directive Derogation for farmers in Northern Ireland who wish to apply more than 170 kg N per ha per year of grazing livestock manure. Also attached is a combined Derogation report for 2007 and 2008 which was submitted to the European Commission in November 2009. The report includes maps for 2008 and 2009, monitoring undertaken since the derogation was granted and implementation of, and compliance with, the derogation controls for 2007 and 2008. The derogation report can be viewed below:
21 April 2010
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