Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 24/2/2023 - Sección Legislación
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Sección Legislación
EN
24.2.2023
Official Journal of the European Union
L 59/1
II
Non-legislative acts
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION EU 2023/409
of 18 November 2022
amending Regulation EU 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the minimum content of calcium oxide in straight solid inorganic macronutrient fertilisers Text with EEA relevance
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation EU 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products and amending Regulations EC No 1069/2009 and EC No 1107/2009 and repealing Regulation EC No 2003/2003 1, and in particular Article 421 thereof, Whereas:
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Regulation EU 2019/1009 lays down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products, and repeals Regulation EC No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council 2 as of 16 July 2022.
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In accordance with Annex I to Regulation EU 2019/1009, a straight solid inorganic macronutrient fertiliser with only calcium as a declared macronutrient is to contain at least 12 % by mass calcium expressed as calcium oxide.
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Commission Regulation EU 2020/1666 3 amended Regulation EC No 2003/2003 by introducing calcium chelate of iminodisuccinic acid Ca-IDHA as a new type of EC fertiliser. The minimum content of nutrients in that fertiliser is 9 % calcium oxide.
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Ca-IDHA is a fertiliser providing plants with the macronutrient calcium. When assessing the conditions for its inclusion in Regulation EC No 2003/2003, this type of EC fertilisers has been found to be agronomically efficient.
Regulation EU 2019/1009 should be amended to take into account the technical development occurring after its adoption and thus the minimum content of calcium oxide in straight solid inorganic macronutrient fertilisers should be lowered from 12 % to 9 %. Lowering the minimum content of calcium oxide would introduce this type of fertiliser in the scope of the harmonisation rules and thus facilitate its free movement in the single market. This adaptation is linked to the agronomic efficiency criteria of the fertilisers, and is not lowering the high standards of protection of human health and of the environment laid down in Regulation EU 2019/1009.
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Regulation EU 2019/1009 should therefore be amended accordingly,
1 OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 1.
2 Regulation EC No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1.
3 Commission Regulation EU 2020/1666 of 10 November 2020 amending Regulation EC No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purpose of including a new type of EC fertiliser in Annex I OJ L 377, 11.11.2020, p. 3.
