Division SCOPE

These BAT conclusions concern the following activities specified in Section 6.6 of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU, namely '6.6. Intensive rearing of poultry or pigs':

1. (a)

   with more than 40 000 places for poultry

2. (b)

   with more than 2 000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg), or

3. (c)

   with more than 750 places for sows.

In particular, these BAT conclusions cover the following on-farm processes and activities:

• nutritional management of poultry and pigs;

• feed preparation (milling, mixing and storage);

• rearing (housing) of poultry and pigs;

• collection and storage of manure;

• processing of manure;

• manure landspreading;

• storage of dead animals.

These BAT conclusions do not address the following processes or activities:

• disposal of dead animals; this may be covered in the BAT conclusions on Slaughterhouses and Animal By-products Industries (SA).

Other BAT conclusions and reference documents which are of relevance for the activities covered by these BAT conclusions are the following:

Where these BAT conclusions address manure storage and landspreading, this is without prejudice to the provisions of Council Directive 91/676/EEC^f1.

Where these BAT conclusions address the storage and disposal of dead animals and manure processing and landspreading this is without prejudice to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f2.

These BAT conclusions apply without prejudice to other relevant legislation, e.g. on animal welfare.