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Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Notification: 2023/0468/BE
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MSG: 20232257.EN
1. MSG 001 IND 2023 0468 BE EN 27-07-2023 BE NOTIF
2. Belgium
3A. FOD Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie
Algemene Directie Kwaliteit en Veiligheid - Dienst Verbindingsbureau - BELNotif
NG III – 2de verdieping
Koning Albert II-laan, 16
B - 1000 Brussel
be.belnotif@economie.fgov.be
3B. VLAAMSE LANDMAATSCHAPPIJ
Gedelegeerd bestuurder Toon Denys
Koning Albert II-laan 15
B - 1210 Brussel
02/543.73.77
juridischedienst@vlm.be
4. 2023/0468/BE - C40C - Chemical fertilisers
5. Draft Decree of the Flemish Government amending the VLAREME of 28 October 2016 concerning the declaration and register for fertilisers and fertilisation
6. Registration of fertiliser traded or used in Flanders.
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8. Flemish legislation on manure (Manure Decree of 22 December 2006 and the Flemish Environmental Permits Regulation of 28 October 2016) has for more than ten years included an obligation for traders who place fertiliser on the Flemish market to keep a register of the fertiliser they produce in Flanders, distribute in Flanders, import into Flanders or export from Flanders. The introduction of the sixth Manure Action Plan under the Nitrates Directive (hereafter MAP 6), also introduced a registration obligation for the monitoring of fertiliser use by farmers. In addition, it was stipulated that both the register of fertiliser traders and that of farmers must be kept in digital form.
The further development of this digital register was already the subject of an earlier decree (Decree of the Flemish Government of 19 March 2021 amending the VLAREME of 28 October 2016 as regards the declaration and register for fertilisers and fertilisation). However, this decree, which was also notified (notification of 19 November 2020, with reference 2020/0715/B) was annulled by the Belgian Council of State due to a procedural error. This Decree re-establishes the provisions of the aforementioned decision of 19 March 2021.
On the one hand, the present draft Decree contains the data that farmers must record concerning the amount of fertiliser they receive or use.
On the other hand, for both the (new) register of farmers and the (existing) register of fertiliser dealers, it is clarified how the register should be filled in. For this purpose, the draft Decree states that the keeping of the register must be performed using the Internet counter made available by the administration concerned (i.e. the Manure Bank, department of the Flemish Land Agency). This internet counter, known as the Mestbankloket, already exists and has been expanded with a module in which the data subjects can record the register data. The present draft Decree also contains the period within which the register must be completed.
9. The draft Decree being notified implements the Manure Decree of 22 December 2006. The Manure Decree of 22 December 2006 is the most important legislative instrument for Flanders in the implementation of the European Nitrates Directive. In order to achieve the objectives of the Nitrates Directive, action programmes need to be drawn up, which should be adjusted if necessary.
Because water quality in Flanders did not improve, or insufficiently improved, additional measures had to be taken in each action programme.
In this context, a number of additional provisions concerning fertilisers were included in the Sixth Manure Action Programme (hereafter MAP6). Indeed, the analyses preceding MAP 6 showed that indicators associated with pressure from fertiliser fertilisation increased. It was also known that there was a strong underdeclaration of fertiliser use in Flanders. For example, in the case of reviews of agricultural holdings carried out by the Mestbank, one of the most common types of adaptation of data related to the use of fertilisers. In general, it was also found that the global use of fertiliser in Flanders, based on the data reported by the sector, was much higher than the global fertiliser use as it was shown in the declarations to the Mestbank. MAP 6 therefore includes a number of measures to achieve a more correct monitoring of fertiliser flows and fertiliser use. Digitalising the existing register for fertiliser dealers and the introduction of an also digital fertiliser register for farmers is one of the main measures to achieve this objective.
10. Numbers or titles of basic texts: The basic texts were sent with a previous notification:
2020/0168/B
2020/0715/B
11. No
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13. No
14. No
15. No
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TBT aspects: No
SPS aspects: No
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