Fines will be collected from the beginning of April as part of the LU scheme. Anyone who has more livestock than the target numbers indicate at that time will have to deal with a sum of 480 euros per LU.
The scheme started on 1 March. Wiebren van Stralen, manure and environment policy officer at LTO, late in an interview with Boerenbusiness know that the reduction of phosphate is going better than the regulation encourages.
Also read: More about information about the LU scheme en the latest adjustments to the Phosphate Reduction Regulation 2017.