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Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Art. 5(4) and (5), paras A (1), (2), (4) and (6) of Annex II and paras 1(2) and (3) and 2 of Annex III – Capacity of storage vessels for livestock manure – Limitation of the land application of fertilisers based on a balance between the foreseeable nitrogen requirements of crops and the nitrogen supply to crops from the soil and from fertilisation – Ensuring that the amount of livestock manure applied to land each year does not exceed the specified amount per hectare – Provisions contained in a code of good agricultural practice and covering periods, conditions and procedures for the land application of fertilisers – Obligations to adopt any additional measures or reinforced actions necessary; Judgment of 2 October 2003 (not yet reported)

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