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DRAFT OPINION (COM(2022)0156 – C90144/2022 – 2022/0104(COD) (COD))

On the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste

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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development · Rapporteur: Benoît Lutgen

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This is the draft opinion of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on the Commission's proposal to revise the Industrial Emissions Directive and the Landfill Directive. The rapporteur opposes including cattle farms in the directive's scope and proposes amendments to remove cattle, delete the aggregation rule and Annex Ia, and keep only intensive poultry and pig rearing above set capacity thresholds. The amendments replace 'installation' and 'operator' with 'farm' and 'farmer', add a simplified registration procedure, and delete the operator's monitoring obligations. The rapporteur argues that ammonia reduction is already addressed by Directive (EU) 2016/2284 and that emission cuts should be pursued through the common agricultural policy and national strategic plans.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes to amend the Commission's proposal: remove cattle farms from the directive's scope, keep only intensive poultry and pig rearing above set thresholds, delete the aggregation rule and Annex Ia, replace 'installation' and 'operator' with 'farm' and 'farmer', add a simplified registration procedure, and delete the operator's monitoring obligations.

Key points

  1. The rapporteur opposes the inclusion of the agricultural sector in a directive on industrial emissions and doubts the proposed agricultural chapter.
  2. He proposes removing cattle farms from the directive's scope, arguing the requirements burden cattle breeders without effectively reducing emissions.
  3. He asks to maintain the status quo for the pork and poultry sector to simplify public policies and ensure their effectiveness.
  4. He states that ammonia reduction goals are already addressed by Directive (EU) 2016/2284, which takes effect from 2023.
  5. He calls for greenhouse gas emission cuts, including methane, through eco-schemes and low-carbon agricultural initiatives under the common agricultural policy.
  6. Amendment 3 changes Recital 4 so that Member States address pollution risks from pig and poultry rearing in their national strategic plans under the CAP.
  7. Amendment 12 limits Chapter VIa to intensive rearing of poultry and pigs above 40 000 places for poultry, 2 000 places for production pigs over 30 kg, or 750 places for sows.
  8. Amendment 13 deletes the aggregation rule that treated closely located installations under the same or related operators as a single unit.
  9. Amendment 15 lets Member States set a specific registration procedure for farms, laid down in a binding act with at least a notification requirement, using pre-existing procedures to avoid administrative burden.
  10. Amendments 21 and 22 delete the operator's monitoring obligations and add that sensitive commercial, industrial or personal data in reports need not be published.
  11. Amendments 26 and 27 delete the power to add agro-industrial activities to Annex I and delete the new Annex Ia.
  12. The rapporteur concludes the Commission's proposal must be extensively reworked to take into account the real challenges faced by agricultural undertakings.

Who is affected

  • Cattle breeders: the rapporteur seeks to remove them from the directive's scope.
  • Pig and poultry farmers: the amendments keep them in scope above set capacity thresholds, with a simplified registration procedure.
  • Member States: they would address pollution risks in their national strategic plans under the CAP.
  • Farmers: the amendments replace 'operator' with 'farmer' and delete monitoring obligations.

Figures and deadlines

  • More than 40 000 places for poultry, under the amended Article 70a.
  • More than 2 000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg), under the amended Article 70a.
  • More than 750 places for sows, under the amended Article 70a.
  • 1 January 2023: date from which the CAP national strategic plans are in force, cited in Amendment 3.
  • 2023: year from which Directive (EU) 2016/2284 comes into effect, cited in the short justification.