The Cabinet will actively approach some 3,000 companies that emit a lot of nitrogen with an offer to stop or become more sustainable. The amount they can receive from a buyout can amount to 120 percent of the value of their company.
This is confirmed by sources in The Hague after reports from various media. The regulation stems from the advice of Johan Remkes, who mediated the heated conflict between the cabinet and much of the agricultural sector last summer. Remkes recommended, among other things, addressing the emissions of the 500 to 600 so-called largest peak loads within a year.
According to political journalist Sophie van Leeuwen, this plan will be an important step for many companies offer you can’t refuse to be. ‘There are around 3,000 companies, mainly agricultural companies, which are actively being contacted by the government for one, as the minister said. a “wildly attractive scheme”. The cabinet hopes that many nitrogen emitters decide that this will end anyway, thinks Van Leeuwen. “That’s really a lot of money for a lot of companies.”
We are still waiting for an official letter from the Cabinet, the Cabinet is due to meet this Friday. The opposition is now questioning whether the plan is really as voluntary as the cabinet is leading us to believe. One also wonders if the amount is high enough.
“It really is a new basis,” says responsible minister Van der Wal in conversation with Sophie van Leeuwen. “It was impossible to work it out in detail, we didn’t have enough time to do it. But it gives clear direction, uncertainty among farmers will be removed here.’
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Most of the top loaders are agricultural companies, but there are also companies in industry. To be eligible under a scheme, companies do not necessarily have to stop completely, far-reaching sustainability or relocation to a location further away from vulnerable nature is also possible.
The scheme is intended to provide room for nitrogen to legalize companies that have come under pressure due to a State Council ruling in May 2019. The highest administrative court has called for an end to the licensing policy that had been pursued until then. As a result, thousands of businesses suddenly needed a permit they didn’t need before.
Additionally, the nitrogen space that has been freed up can help smooth out the bottleneck in permitting construction and infrastructure projects. How much the regime will produce should become clear in the fall of 2023.
Source: BNR
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