G/TBT/N/EU/1052  
7 March 2024  
(24-2124) 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/en/  
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):  fertilising 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission  Delegated Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the polymers in Component 
Material Category 1; (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  EU fertilising products may con tain natural, biodegradable or 
soluble polymers as materials belonging to Component Material Category 1. The 
delegated Regulation aligns the requirements for such polymers to those set out in 
Regulation (EU) 2023/2055, which introduces a general restrictio n in Regulation (EC) No 
1907/2006 of placing on the market of synthetic polymer microparticles. Such polymers 
are mainly used as technical additives in EU fertilising products  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objective is to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the 
environment. By laying down biodegradability requirements for polymers in EU fertilising 
products to be applied to soils, the accumulation in the environment of inten tionally added 
microplastics is avoided; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
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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  
Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 
1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, 
Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards synthetic 
polymer microparticles (OJ L 238, 27.9.2023, p. 67, ELI: 
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2055/oj ). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2024  
Proposed date of entry into f orce:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU  
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/2024/TBT/EEC/24_01916_00_e.pdf