Ordinance on requirements for facilities to store liquid manure, solid manure and silage.
The purpose of the present Ordinance is to transpose into German law the Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources of 12 December 1991. Article 2 establishes that manure storage facilities shall be designed in such a way that water hazardous substances cannot leak. Furthermore, they must be tight, stable and resistant to mechanical and chemical influences. The text consists of 8 articles.