The Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the Soil Monitoring Directive on the night of 9-10 April.
The aim of the text is to achieve healthy soil in the European Union by 2050. An ambitious target, but not a binding one. To achieve this, the directive establishes a soil monitoring framework that includes the management of risks associated with contaminated sites in the EU. A public list of these will be drawn up ten years after the text comes into force.
Monitoring will...