Standstill on fertilizer law: FDP makes • Table.Briefings

Under the new fertilizer law, farmers would have to document their nutrient flows differently.

With the announced amendment to the fertilizer law, the German government averted horrendous fines for Brussels last year. However, instead of swiftly implementing the amendments to the fertilizer law – as promised to the EU Commission – differences within the traffic light party are delaying the legislative process.

Since the expert hearing in the Bundestag’s Agriculture Committee last November, little was heard of the amendment to the fertilizer law. The amendments, with which the Federal Government intends to implement EU law, optimize the Material Flow Balance Ordinance and introduce an ordinance on monitoring the Fertilizer Ordinance, should have been discussed in the plenary session at the second and third reading long ago. However, the legislative amendments have not been on the agenda for weeks.

Standstill on fertilizer law: FDP makes demand, SPD sees urgent need for implementation

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