1 Amendments of Jan HUITEMA related to 2014/2208(INI)
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Points out that the EU is highly dependent on the import of nutrients from third countries and stresses that the production of chemical fertilizers requires large amounts of fossil fuels; urges the Commission to stimulate innovation in manure processing techniques to produce mineral concentrates from livestock manure and to establish a legal base for the use of mineral concentrates as a replacement of chemical fertilizers above the specific amount of livestock manure as mentioned in annex III of Directive 91/676/EEC;