G/TBT/N/EU/779  
4 February 2021  
(21-0914) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/e n/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fertilising 
products; Fertilizers (ICS 65.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending, for the purpose of its adaptation to 
technical progress, Annexes I, II, III and IV to Regul ation (EU) 2019/1009 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on the making available on the 
market of EU fertilising products (12 page(s), in English; 13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 on fertilising products was adopted 
in June 2019 and will start applying as of 16 July 2022. While preparing the transition to 
the new harmonisation rules, both EU Member States and interested stakeholders 
informed the Commission on the need to adapt some tec hnical provisions in its annexes. 
The most important amendments in the notified draft concern:  
• the use of natural, biodegradable or soluble polymers as component materials in 
EU fertilising products;  
• the use of animal -by products as input materials for compost and digestate;  
• requirements for fertilising products containing component materials with 
substances exceeding the maximum residues limits for food and feed.  G/TBT/N/EU/779  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Some of these amendments are necessary in order to achieve consistency 
with other pieces of EU legisla tion and thus facilitate the access to the internal market. 
Others secure the high level of protection that Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 aims to 
achieve. Other amendments are necessary to avoid unintended situations in which 
significant categories of fertilis ing products would inadvertently be excluded from the 
harmonisation rules; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 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 available here:  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/1009/oj  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (The provisions shall apply from 16 July 2022)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/EEC/21_0852_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/EEC/21_0852_01_e.pdf