Fertilising products of organic origin and certain inorganic fertilising products.

Draft regulations concerning the manufacture, placing on the market and import of fertilising products of organic origin and certain inorganic fertilising products (Fertilising Products Regulations)

The new fertilising products regulation cover the production and marketing of fertilisers and has a number ofchanges from the current regulation. It provides rules for safe fertiliser production and is adapted to thechanges that have taken place in the market with increased interest in the use of waste and by-products inproduction.

The current fertilising products regulation is now divided into two new regulations: One regulation concerningproduction, sale and import of fertilising products (Fertilising Products Regulation), and one regulationconcerning use and storage of fertilising products (Fertiliser Use and Storage Regulation). This notificationapplies to the Fertilising Products Regulation.
The proposal introduces the following amendments:
- The requirements for hygienisation and stabilisation are clarified, and the indicator organism thermotolerantcoliform bacteria is changed to E. coli.
- A limit value has been added for arsenic.
- The table of raw materials and raw material categories that can be used in fertiliser production has beenupdated (appendix 1) and a new system with applications for the use of other types of raw materials that arenot listed in the table is being introduced.
- The registration obligation changes from a requirement for product registration to a requirement for businessregistration.
- Labelling requirements that earlier were included in a standard are now in the regulation.
- Both organic and inorganic biostimulants are covered by the new regulation, and they are more clearlydistinguished from pesticides.
- There is a new paragraph concerning products traded under the agreement of mutual recognition in the EEA.