Nitrates Directive 91/676/EEC—snapshot

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Nitrates Directive 91/676/EEC—snapshot

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Produced in partnership with Laura Bolado of Andes Legal Consulting Ltd

Practice notes
Key informationNitrates Directive
TitleCouncil Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (Nitrates Directive)
Entry into force19 December 1991
Transposition deadline19 December 1993
National transposition measuresSee Eur-Lex information on national transposition measures, as provided by Member States
Amendments—Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003—Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008Note that the amending Regulations were replaced by Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. Therefore, the 2011 Regulation is in force for amendments to the Annexes.
SubjectWater pollution, agriculture, nitrates

Purpose of the Nitrates Directive

Nitrogen is a crucial nutrient that helps plants and crops grow, but high concentrations are harmful to people and nature. Nitrates and organic nitrogen compounds from fertiliser and manure enter groundwater through leaching and reach surface water through

Laura Bolado
Laura Bolado

EU Law Specialist

Laura worked in EU law for over two decades making it one her main area of expertise. In 2002 she worked for the European Commission (Brussels) and relocated to London in 2003 to work for the European Medicines Agency. There she gained first-hand experience on the functioning of the EU which she later applied in legal roles at pharmaceutical companies and law firms before turning to a more generalist approach to EU law at LexisNexis. At LexisNexis she helped develop and maintain EU Tracker (writing on the implementation of EU Directives in different EU jurisdictions, etc.) and assisted various departments with EU law matters in her EU Law Specialist capacity. Laura also delivered EU law training to several interns and legal professionals. Laura left LexisNexis in late 2013 to explore her options in different environments. In 2014 Laura lectured EU law at universities in Argentina, spoke at international conferences and continued with her contributions to national legal publications (Rubinzal and Abeledo Perrot/Thomson Reuters) in EU and Integration law. Laura became an author for PSL Public Law in October 2014. After returning to London in 2015 she run her own business which included regular contributions to PSL Environment, Energy and Public Law. From 2017 until 2020 Laura authored the Europe chapter of LexisNexis Civil Court Practice (Green Book). From 2019 until 2024 Laura contributed to Reg-Track writing on financial services, data protection, money laundering, environmental and social governance, etc. in several jurisdictions worldwide. As of 2025 Laura is part of Cube Global where she continues to write about various topics in a remote-contractual basis (as she has now relocated to Spain).

Education

Laura is a dual-qualified lawyer (Argentina and Spain) with two LLMs in European Law and in Information Technology Law awarded by the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain.

Laura is a data protection professional certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP CIPP/E) also holds an International Compliance Association certificate in Anti-Money Laundering. 

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