All the environment ministers of the European Union Member States welcomed, on Monday 24 October, the potential benefits for the environment, climate neutrality, the circular economy and for the ‘Zero Pollution’ ambition of the revision of the directive on industrial emissions. However, a majority of them had expressed strong concerns for small livestock farms during the first policy debate they had on the review presented in April.
The proposed revision of Directive 2010/75/EU (the...