1. BOVINES, OVINE AND PIGS

Indoors area
(net area available to animals)

Outdoors area
(exercise area, excluding pasturage)

Live weight minimum (kg)

 M 2 /head 

M 2 /head

Breeding and fattening bovine and
equidae

up to 100 
up to 200
up to 350
over 350 

1,5 
2,5 
4,0 
5 with a minimum
of 1 m 2 /100 kg

1,1
1,9
3
3,7 with a minimum of 0,75 m 2 /100 kg

Dairy cows 

6

4,5

Bulls for breeding

10

30

Sheep and goats

1,5 sheep/goat 
0,35 lamb/kid 2,5 

2,5
0,5 per lamb/kid

Farrowing sows with piglets up to 40 days

7,5 sow

2,5

Fattening pigs

up to 50
up to 85 
up to 110 

0,8
1,1
1,3

0,6
0,8
1

Piglets 

over 40 days and up to 30 kg

0,6

0,4

Brood pigs

2,5 female 
6,0 male 

1,9
8,0

2. POULTRY

Indoors area
(net area available to animals) 

Outdoors area
(m 2 of area available in rotation/head No)

animals/m 2 

cm perch/animal 

nest

Laying hens

6 

18

 8 laying hens per nest or in case of common nest 120 cm 2 /bird

4, provided that the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded

Fattening poultry
(in fixed housing)

10 with a maximum of 21 kg live-
weight/m 2

20 (for guinea
fowl only)

4 broilers and guinea fowl, 4,5 ducks
10 turkey , 15 geese
In all the species mentioned above the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded

Fattening poultry
(in mobile housing)

16 (*) in mobile poultry houses with a maximum of 30 kg liveweight/m 2

2,5, provided that the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded