In forceNature and animals
Phosphorus ceiling for 2026/2027 and new exemption rules in the fertiliser rules
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om ændring af bekendtgørelse om jordbrugsvirksomheders anvendelse af gødning
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The executive order inserts a new chapter with limits on the allocation of phosphorus in the 2026/2027 plan period, including a phosphorus ceiling of 29 kg of phosphorus per hectare of harmony area.
- The requirement that the phosphorus area requirement must not exceed the harmony area was already in place in § 15.
- The exemption rule for trial projects gets new wording, and the Danish Agency for Green Land Conversion and Water Environment is now the authority.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 August 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 8 July 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 11 July 2026
- In force · 1 August 2026