laying down requirements for fertilisers, composting, anaerobic digestion, germinable seeds, soil improvers,plant biostimulants, organic fertilisers, substrates, manure

Decree amending Ministry of Agriculture Decree No 474/2000 laying down requirements for fertilisers, asamended

Ministry of Agriculture Decree No 474/2000 laying down requirements for fertilisers,

as amended, pursuant to § 3(5) of the Fertilisers Act lays down risky elements,
risky substances and microbiological parameters, their limit values for each group of fertilisers, soil improvers,plant biostimulants and substrates, as well as tolerances. Pursuant to § 4(9) of the Fertilisers Act, it also laysdown the types of fertilisers, soil improvers, plant biostimulants and substrates, mandatory procedures for thesampling of fertilisers, soil improvers, plant biostimulants and substrates, and for the performance of chemicalanalyses, biological examinations and tests. Pursuant to § 9(10)(e) of the Fertilisers Act, Decree No 474/2000also sets cumulative limits for risky elements in all types of soil inputs.
The basic regulations are:
Ministry of Agriculture Decree No 474/2000 laying down requirements for fertilisers,
as amended. (text provided under notification 2021/0022/CZ)
Act No 156/1998 on fertilisers, soil improvers, auxiliary plant preparations and substrates, and on agrochemicaltesting of agricultural soils (the Fertilisers Act), as amended. (text provided under notification 2021/0389/CZ)
The draft does not include references to European legislation, international recommendations, companystandards, harmonised or international standards.
The draft contains references to the following technical documents:
AHEM 7/2001 (Acta hygienica, epidemiologica et microbiologica)
AHEM 1/2008 (Acta hygienica, epidemiologica et microbiologica)
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The draft contains references to the following technical standards (Czech version of European standards):
ČSN EN 13037 Soil improvers and substrates – Determination of pH
ČSN EN 13038 Soil improvers and substrates – Determination of electrical conductivity
ČSN EN 10390 Soils, treated biowaste and sludges – Determination of pH
None of these standards contains a national annex and/or a national note.

Keywords: setting requirements for fertilisers, composting, anaerobic digestion, germinable seeds, soilimprovers, plant biostimulants, organic fertilisers, substrates, livestock manure.