Act on animal husbandry and use of manure and related matters (No. 338 of 2019).

This Act aims to promote and regulate sustainable animal keeping and the production, storage, use etc, of animal manure. It shall be instrumental in helping to protect nature, the environment and the landscape, ensuring that the development of livestock production and the use of manure can take place on a sustainable basis in respect for human living conditions and for the conservation of animal and plant life. The Act, more specifically, is intended - 1) to prevent and limit pollution of air, water, soil and subsoil and to limit odor, light, dust, noise, vibration and fly nuisances and unhygienic conditions due to animal husbandry and from the production, storage and use of livestock manure and related matters; 2) to limit the use and waste of raw materials and other resources; 3) to promote the use of best available techniques, including cleaner technology; 4) to promote recycling and reduce waste disposal problems; 5) to protect nature with its populations of wild plants and animals and their habitats; 6) to create and preserve valuable buildings, cultural and urban environments as well as landscapes; 7) to ensure that the open coasts must continue to be a significant natural and landscape resource; and 8) to involve the public in cases under the law.
The Minister for the Environment and Food lays down rules on the use of fertilizers in agriculture in order to protect land, streams, lakes, sea areas, including coastal waters, and groundwater from pollution, and in order to protect nature with its population of wild animals and plants, including rules on ceilings for the maximum permissible amount of nitrogen and phosphorus applied per hectares from manure. Husbandry and storage of manure shall not take place near water supply areas and other water areas. the Minister may issues specific rules in this respect. The Danish Fisheries Association may appeal the decisions of the local council and the Minister for the Environment and Food in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 3 and 4, with regard to issues of pollution of watercourses, lakes or the sea.