Farming and fishing

Rules and regulations for your sector

Environmental issues in the agricultural sector (21 regulations)Fishing (13 regulations)Growing and horticulture (10 regulations)Keeping animals (20 regulations)Manure and fertilisers (8 regulations)

Building regulations for manure basins

Do you want to build a manure basin or have it built? And do you plan to store manure? Then you must comply with the rules to prevent soil pollution. You may also need to apply for an environment and...

Keeping records for animal manure

Do you handle animal manure in your business? For example, you have an agricultural company, an animal feed business, or you are an intermediary in the sector in the Netherlands? You need to register...

Phytosanitary and veterinary export certificate

Do you plan to export agricultural goods from the Netherlands to non-EU countries? You will need a veterinary or phytosanitary export certificate. What is an export certificate? The export certificate...

Registration and notification of (hazardous) industrial waste

In the Netherlands, you must keep a waste record (afvalstoffenregistratie) if you remove, transport, treat, or process industrial waste. Or if you act as a dealer or broker of waste. In some cases,...

Rules for agricultural and construction vehicles

Do you own agricultural and/or construction vehicles? You must register these vehicles with the Netherlands Vehicle Authority (RDW) if you drive them on public roads and they can exceed 6 km/h. You...

Transport document sewage sludge and compost (VZC)

Do you transport sewage sludge or compost in the Netherlands? For each transport, you need a completed sewage sludge and compost transport document (Vervoersbewijs zuiveringsslib en compost, VZC, in...

Transporting animal manure

Do you transport animal manure? You must report before, during, and after the manure transport using the real-time animal manure consignment note. You also have to keep records and register your...

Using and spreading manure

Do you want to use animal manure, sewage sludge, or other types of manure on agricultural land in the Netherlands? Then you have to comply with several rules. Conditions apply to, for example, the...

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