This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 February 2026.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1991/676/oj .

( 2 ) Huygens, D., Orveillon, G., Lugato, E., Tavazzi, S., Comero, S., Jones, A., Gawlik, B. and Saveyn, H., Technical proposals for the safe use of processed manure above the threshold established for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones by the Nitrates Directive ( 91/676/EEC ), Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020.

( 3 ) COM(2022) 590 of 9 November 2022.

( 4 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1605 of 22 May 2023 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of end points in the manufacturing chain of certain organic fertilisers and soil improvers ( OJ L 198, 8.8.2023, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/1605/oj ).

( 5 ) Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) ( OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1069/oj ).

( 6 ) Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products ( OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/1009/oj ).

( 7 ) Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora ( OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1992/43/oj ).

( 8 ) Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy ( OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2000/60/oj ).

( 9 ) Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC ( OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/2284/oj ).

( 10 ) Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption ( OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2020/2184/oj ).

( 11 ) Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe ( OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2008/50/oj ). EU Ambient Air Quality Directive and as amended in 2024.

( 12 ) Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 ( OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/oj ).

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2026/288 of 9 February 2026 amending Council Directive 91/676/EEC as regards the use of certain fertilising materials from livestock manure ANNEX