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The draft text, steered through the Agriculture Committee by its Chair Norbert Lins (EPP, DE) and approved by 38 votes to 7 and 2 abstentions, says that all mineral fertilisers, apart from those coming from Russia and Belarus, should continue to be temporarily exempt from import duties in order to stabilise prices.
MEPs urge the Commission to develop a long-term EU Fertiliser Strategy and to present an EU Sustainable Soil Nutrient Strategy by June 2023.
To address the situation of fertilisers, MEPs urge EU countries to identify solutions which efficiently use the CAP Strategic Plans and, within this context, echo-schemes to promote organic fertilisation.
MEPs also ask that organic alternatives to chemical fertilisers, such as RENURE (‘REcovered Nitrogen from manURE’), with the potential to substitute chemical fertilisers without resulting in additional emissions, be enabled above the threshold in the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones by the Nitrates Directive.
The draft resolution on ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers will be voted on in one of the next plenary sessions, probably in February.
February 1, 2023/ European Parliament/ European Union.
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