{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-302/annex/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/302",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/302 of 15 February 2017 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs (notified under document C(2017) 688) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-302",
  "path": "annex/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "SCOPE",
  "text": "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':\n(a) with more than 40 000 places for poultry\n(b) with more than 2 000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg), or\n(c) with more than 750 places for sows.\nIn particular, these BAT conclusions cover the following on-farm processes and activities:\nnutritional management of poultry and pigs;\nfeed preparation (milling, mixing and storage);\nrearing (housing) of poultry and pigs;\ncollection and storage of manure;\nprocessing of manure;\nmanure landspreading;\nstorage of dead animals.\nThese BAT conclusions do not address the following processes or activities:\ndisposal of dead animals; this may be covered in the BAT conclusions on Slaughterhouses and Animal By-products Industries (SA).\nOther BAT conclusions and reference documents which are of relevance for the activities covered by these BAT conclusions are the following:\nReference documents\nActivity\nWaste Incineration (WI)\nIncineration of manure\nWaste Treatment Industries (WT)\nComposting and anaerobic digestion of manure\nMonitoring of emissions from IED-installations (ROM)\nMonitoring of emissions to air and water\nEconomics and Cross-media Effects (ECM)\nEconomics and cross-media effects of techniques\nEmissions from Storage (EFS)\nStorage and handling of materials\nEnergy Efficiency (ENE)\nGeneral aspects of energy efficiency\nFood, Drink and Milk Industries (FDM)\nFeed production\nWhere these BAT conclusions address manure storage and landspreading, this is without prejudice to the provisions of Council Directive 91/676/EEC.\nWhere 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.\nThese BAT conclusions apply without prejudice to other relevant legislation, e.g. on animal welfare.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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