Most of the Member States have introduced codes of good agricultural practice, though the Commission feels it is important to examine their content once again and to assess the consistency of codes applying to regions with similar features.<\/p>\n
Five Member States have taken up the option not to designate vulnerable zones by applying the action programme to the whole of their territory (Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Austria). At the time of the report, most Member States had yet to designate vulnerable zones as provided for in the Directive (Belgium, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Finland and the United Kingdom).
\nThe introduction of action programmes to help vulnerable zones is the key element of the Nitrates Directive, as the programmes should impose compulsory restrictions on farming activity. They should have commenced on 20\u00a0December 1995. In fact, by 30 July 1997, only Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria and Sweden had notified their action programmes to the Commission.
\nThe Commission believes it is too early to determine the real impact of the Directive on nitrate pollution on account of its delayed and sometimes incomplete transposition.<\/p>\n\n
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