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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10076
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment

Commission report says nitrate water pollution declines but more effort still required

Brussels, 11/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - Nitrate water pollution from farming is declining in the European Union but in some regions nitrate concentrations exceed authorised value limits, underlines a report by the European Commission on the application of the “Nitrates directive” (Directive 91/67/EC), published on Thursday 11 February. This report calls for more efforts to be made to implement this directive, which aims to protect Community waters against nitrates from farming, the main...

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