Information about Techniques to consider in the Determination of BAT for the Intensive Rearing of Cattles | Umweltbundesamt

In the project techniques have been presented that can be ‘best available techniques’ (BAT) in cattle farming according to the German Immission Control Act criteria for BAT. The techniques are suitable for reducing environmental impacts. Since the new Industrial Emissions Directive (IED, EU 2024/1785) does not include cattle in its scope, the results will currently have no direct influence on the ‘European Uniform Operating Rules for Livestock Rearing’ based on the IE-RL. However, there is an audit mandate from the EU COM concerning the cattle farming. Therefore, the project results will be relevant if the audit might show that cattle farming shall be included in Annex 1 of the IED.