IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTION PROGRAMME OF THE NITRATE DIRECTIVE

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• IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTION PROGRAMME OF THE
  NITRATE DIRECTIVE
• By
• Henning Lyngsø Foged
• MS Project Leader

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Project components

• Component 1 Define a fertiliser methodology,
  including preparation of materials for farmers
  and training of LRATC-advisers
• Component 2 Environmental regulations in
  agriculture
• Component 3 Prepare reporting to EU
• Component 4 Prepare the control of farms

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EU Commission demands in letter of 2 February 2006

• The area designated as NVZ should be enlarged and
  include at least the rivers flooding out into the
  Baltic Sea (Lielupe and Daugava) as well as areas
  drained to rivers with above 50 mg nitrate/l.
  Practically this means that the European
  Commission request that all Latvia is designated
  as NVZ.
• The winter period where it is prohibited to
  spread manure shall be extended in the autumn.
• The rules does not include a manure standard
  whereby farmers can calculate necessary storage
  capacity.
• The rules do not include provisions on
  construction, quality and design of manure
  stores.
• It shall be ensured that crops fertilising is
  limited to the needs.
• It is irrelevant (for the Nitrate Directive) with
  norms for application of mineral fertilisers the
  norms must describe the crops needs for plant
  nutrients (specifically nitrogen) in general.
• There is a need to legalise the calculation
  methodology for animal units.

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Project facts

• Runs from 12 February till 12 October 2006
• Danish partners are Danish Agricultural Advisory
  Service, National Centre (DAAS) in association
  with Danish Plant Directorate (DPD) and Danish
  Forest and Nature Agency (DFNA)
• 90 working days for Danish experts

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Expert groups

• A group of Latvian experts is established for
  each project Component
• Letter from the State Secretary invites farmer
  organisations to participate in the expert groups
  

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N-balance on 21 Latvian family farms (2000 and
2001)