G/TBT/N/EU/870  
8 February 2022  
(22-0940) 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/tb t/en/  
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 Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the requi rements applicable to EU fertilising 
products containing inhibiting compounds and the post -processing of digestate (8 
page(s), in English; 8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 on fertilising products has been 
adopted  in June 2019 and will start applying as of 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 technical provisions in 
its annexes. S ome of the most important amendments concern:  
• The REACH registration of polymers and magnesia;  
• The post -processing of digestate;  
• The efficiency of products containing inhibiting compounds.  
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 legislation or policy objectives and thus facilitate the access to the 
internal market. Other amendments are necessary to avoid uninte nded situations in which 
significant categories of fertilising products would inadvertently be excluded from the 
harmonisation rules for not being able to comply with some technical provisions.; 
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  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 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (The provisions shall apply from 20 October 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://membe rs.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EU/22_1417_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EU/22_1417_01_e.pdf