{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-2284/annex-III/part-2/division-A/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-2284/annex-III/part-2/division-A/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2016/2284",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-2284",
  "path": "annex/III/part/2/division/A/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Member States shall prohibit the use of ammonium carbonate fertilisers and may reduce ammonia emissions from inorganic fertilisers by using the following approaches:",
  "text": "(a) replacing urea-based fertilisers by ammonium nitrate-based fertilisers;\n(b) where urea-based fertilisers continue to be applied, using methods that have been shown to reduce ammonia emissions by at least 30 % compared with the use of the reference method, as specified in the Ammonia Guidance Document;\n(c) promoting the replacement of inorganic fertilisers by organic fertilisers and, where inorganic fertilisers continue to be applied, spreading them in line with the foreseeable requirements of the receiving crop or grassland with respect to nitrogen and phosphorus, also taking into account the existing nutrient content in the soil and nutrients from other fertilisers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2016/2284/annex/III/part/2/division/A/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:33.751932+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}