N measures in F: governance, costs & considerations ** Mandatory measures, Nitrates directive : 5 slides ** Complementary measures, Water Agency : 4 slides ** Voluntary Partnership farmers – food industry in Champagne : 3 slides ** 1 slide phosphates Only a few spotlights Legal action by Commission ; can we really make better use of Nitrates Directive ? Discomfort among French farmers Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

N measures in F: governance, costs & considerations Agriculture : Nitrates Directive Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

N measures in F: governance, costs & considerations Agriculture : Nitrates Directive Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

N measures in F: governance, costs & considerations Agriculture : Nitrates Directive Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

N measures in F: governance, costs & considerations Agriculture : Nitrates Directive Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

N measures in F: governance, costs & considerations Agriculture : Nitrates Directive Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

N measures in F: governance, costs & considerations an other way Governance: 6 water agencies since 1964, river basins committees, SDAGE. Annual budget 6 agencies: 2 billions € Seine Normandie: Management board 34 members, incl. 11 users representatives , incl. Farmers River basin committee: 185 members, incl 74 repr. of users ; Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

N measures in F: governance, costs & considerations an other way Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

N measures in Seine – Normandie : agric. Pollution To reduce runoff or erosion : ==co financing global study or technical assistance : 50 to 80 % ==(in specific, planned areas) : building pit, grassy slopes, buffer pools : 60 % co financing Agri environmental & climatical measures : within the Agency Programme (SDAGE) : co financing buying equipment, compensate change in agricultural practice… may top to 100 % (incl EAFRD) Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

N measures in Seine – Normandie : agric. pollution To protect catchments areas : == prelimin. study : 80 % subv. == technical assistance : 50 % co financing == compensate change in agricultural practice : individual advice : 80 % subv. Training, communication : 80 % subv. Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

Pomacle : spreading of sugar mill waste* * & ethanol-, starch-, alfalfa drying - factories / Pomacle, near Reims Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

Pomacle : spreading of sugar mill waste* Water Agency finances investments : == preliminary studies (50 % subvention) == planting very short rotation coppice, reeds,(loan 20 %, subv. 40%) ==building storage tanks ( « « ) Farmer saves potash fertiliser ; organic matter improved in the soil ; sugar producer saves taxes ; spares water * & ethanol-, starch-, alfalfa drying - factories / Pomacle, near Reims Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

N measures in Pomacle (Champagne) Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF

Phosphate measures in F/ agriculture Agric. PO4 is a problem mainly in Bretagne, pig & poultry breeding region ; acid soils rich in P ; erosion risk to superficial waters ( eutrophication in sea costal areas) BUT : == fertilisation better adjusted since 40 years (€) == better feeding >>> manure less phosphatised == Water agency Loire Bretagne : goal : equilibrate P-fertilisation in 21 watersheds at new breeding farms level, & at spreading level (« no over-fertilisation ») : regulatory prior approval (SDAGE) Jean Gault 27 X 2016, Stockholm / LRF