REQUIREMENTS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPLOITATION OF PIG FARMS

Abstract

Pig farms have, undoubtedly, a series of environmental impacts, and their development in the last years have coincided with particular care for the environment. Pig raising equipments involves necessarily regulations from the authorities for environmental protection to raise and finish them; this allows taking into account all the measures to prevent pollution effectively by appealing to the best techniques available, becoming compatible with the goals of site protection stipulated by Natura 2000, observing EC requirements and other regulations in national legislation. Thus, taking into account the mandatory conditions for the protection of the quality of environmental factors, we have evaluated the situation of authorities’ decisions for environmental protection in the Timiş County regarding the establishment and operation of pig raising equipments during 2012-2014, which confirms the observance of environmental protection norms.