It is also unclear to the organization how the individual appropriate assessments will be handled in practice. “This decree does not provide sufficient clarity and certainly no concrete future perspective for the coming years,” said Ceysens.
“Many question marks still remain. How will nitrogen from abroad be taken into account in practice? Will it be feasible in practice for companies to exchange nitrogen space with each other? How quickly will new techniques become recognized? And will companies that invest in techniques receive also guarantees that they will not have to invest again afterwards?”
The chairman also speaks of “breaking words” on the part of the Flemish government in a number of areas, such as in connection with the destruction of temporarily unused production rights at individual company level. “A number of principled elements are retained in the newly submitted amendment,” Ceysens continues. “We will always continue to oppose this. We will study the texts in detail and then consult with our main board members to see how we can best defend the interests of our members.”