G/TBT/N/DNK/131  
26 April 2023  
(23-2946) 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:  DENMARK  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
The Danish Agricultural Agency  
Nyropsgade 30  
DK-1780 Copenhagen V  
Denmark  
Phone: +45 33 95 80 00  
Email: mail@lbst.dk  
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:   
Danish Business Authority  
Langelinie Allé 17  
DK-2100 Copenhagen O  
Denmark  
Phone: +45 35 29 10 00  
E-mail: notifikationer@erst.dk  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
FERTILISERS (HS code(s): 31); Fertilizers (ICS code(s): 65.080)  
Urease inhibitors  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Title i Danish: 
Udkast til bekendtgørelse om jordbrugsvirksomheders anvendelse af gødning  
Title in English: Draft of statutory order on farm enterprises' use of fertilisers; (34 
page(s), in Danish)  
6. Description of content:  The draft will replace the current statutory order  no. 1142 of 
10 July 2022 on farm enterprises' usage of fertilisers. With the new draft, a number of 
rules are changed. The changes are mainly minor clarifications and adjustments.  
The notification under the WTO TBT agreement relates to section 8, subsecti on 1 and 2. 
Section 8 contains requirements for the application of artificial fertilisers containing urea -
based nitrogen in order to prevent ammonia emissions. Addition of urease inhibitor to 
artificial fertilisers is one possible method to fulfill the req uirements. With the proposed 
amendment to the statutory order, the urease inhibitor is required to be CE marked.  G/TBT/N/DNK/131  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Requiring the urease inhibitors to be CE marked ensures that the product is 
labeled with a dosage that ensures the environmental effect better.; Protection of the 
environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Draft of statutory order on farm enterprises' use of fertilisers (see file attachment)  
The draft will replace the current statutory order no. 1142 of 10 July 2022 on farm 
enterprises' usage of fertilisers.:  
https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2022/1142  
The adoption of the new regulation wi ll be announced in Lovtidende:  
https://www.lovtidende.dk/  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  3 July 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 August 2024; In order to give manufacturers time 
to get the urease inhibitors CE marked, it is proposed that the requirement should apply 
from 1 August 2024.  
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:   
Danish Standards  
Göteborg Plads 1  
Nordhavn  
Tel: + (45) 39 96 61 40  
Fax: + (45) 39 96 61 01  
Email: wto@ds.dk  
Website: http://www.ds.dk  
The notified document is attached as file. The document is not available on the internet.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/DNK/23_9308_00_x.pdf