In the coming days, agriculture minister Carola Schouten will no longer take any new steps in the nitrogen dossier. However, the Agrifacts and Nitrogen Claim foundations are supplied with the figures that they have claimed.
That is what spokesperson Rudi Buis says. He emphasizes that the minister is implementing the parliamentary motion adopted on 23 June, in which the CDA and VVD instruct the minister to make new nitrogen reduction calculations. New calculations from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) will be ready for publication in mid-August.
PBL counts until mid-August
Not before, even though there is a strong urge to speed up. The new protests that were held this week and will be held tomorrow do not change that, says Buis. It is now summer recess in The Hague. If the PBL calculations show in mid-August that the alternative feed measures of the sector itself result in a greater nitrogen reduction than the ministerial feed measure, then the minister will offer livestock farmers a choice between her own scheme and that of the sector.
He also emphasizes that the minister has indicated that he will adjust the ministerial feed measure if, after consultation with animal feed experts and veterinarians, it appears that animal health is at stake. "But it is not the case that the minister has only considered the animal health risks in recent weeks. She clearly stated when the measure was published that animal health comes first. That is why an exception has been included in the regulation on the minimum percentage. rough eggwhite."
Suggestive Foundations
He resolutely rejects the suggestion of the Agrifacts and Nitrogen Claim foundations that the ministry would deliberately withhold and delay documents. "Today or tomorrow we will provide the requested information about the substantiation of the feed measure. It concerns 1 specific document. But we do have to follow the legal procedures and check whether the document contains privacy-sensitive information. Usually names have to be painted off."
"We immediately submitted the advisory report of the Fertilizer Experts Committee to the foundations, when it turned out that it could not be found on the Internet."
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