Against the judge's decision
Martijn van Dam again on appeal
State Secretary Martijn van Dam will again appeal against the judge's ruling regarding the Phosphate Reduction Regulation 2017. The Ministry of Economic Affairs announced this on Friday, August 18. On 9 and 16 August, the judge in The Hague again granted a number of groups of dairy farmers postponement of the phosphate reduction plan.
The dairy farmers were in the right, because the preliminary relief judge saw insufficient reason to deviate from the decisions made on May 4, 2017 were taken.
No options to catch it
"If dairy farms choose to expand in the last months of the year, this will have consequences for the entire sector. There are no options from the government to absorb this within the phosphate reduction package. that the derogation could still be endangered," Van Dam said.
Responsibility
According to the State Secretary, this means that individual entrepreneurs and the sector have a great deal of responsibility. They must ensure that no relapse occurs.
Kimberly Baker
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