DRAFT
TECHNICAL REGULATION
OF THE CUSTOMS UNION
Concerning the requirements applicable to fertilisers
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CONTENTS
Foreword
Article 1  Area of application
Article 2  Definitions
Article 3    Rules for placing on the market
Article 4    Safet y requirements
Article 5    Marking of mineral fertilisers
Article 6    Verification of compliance
Article 7    Affixing the standard conformity mark on the market of the Member States of the 
Customs Union
Article 8  Protection provision
Annex 1 Mineral fertilisers covered by this Technical Regulation
Annex 2 Radiation and chemical safet y standards applicable to mineral 
fertilisers
Annex 3 Certificate proving state registration of a mineral fertiliserForeword
1. This Technical Regulation of the Customs Union Concerning the requirements applicable 
to fertilisers (hereinafter referred to as the Technical Regulation) has been prepared in 
accordance with the Agreement of 18 November 2010 concerning stan dard principles and 
rules of technical regulation in the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the 
Russian Federation.
2. This Technical Regulation has been prepared in order to protect human life and /or health, 
propert y, the environment, an imal and plant life and health and to forestall events likely to 
mislead consumers in the single customs territory of the Customs Union.
3.    When this Technical Regulation is applied, account must also be taken of the 
requirements of the Technical Regula tion of the Customs Union Concerning the safet y of 
chemical products.
Article 1. Scope
1. This Technical Regulation lay s down obligatory requirements concerning mineral fertilisers 
placed on the market, which must be applied and enforced in the single cu stoms territory of 
the Customs Union.
This Technical Regulation applies to mineral fertilisers listed in Annex 1 to this Technical 
Regulation that are produced in or imported into the single customs territory of the Customs 
Union.
2. The requirements of th is Technical Regulation do not apply to organic or organo -mineral 
fertilisers.
Article 2. Definitions
The following terms and definitions are used in this Technical Regulation:
manufacturer: legal or natural person, who may or may not be of foreign natio nality , who 
produces and sells mineral fertilisers for his/her own account or for the account of a third 
party and who is responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of this Technical 
Regulation;
importer: a resident of a member state of the Customs Union who concludes with a non -
resident of a member state of the Customs Union a foreign trade agreement concerning the 
transfer of mineral fertilisers, sells mineral fertilisers and is responsible for ensuring that they  
meet the requirements of th is Technical Regulation;
mineral fertiliser: natural or sy nthetic fertiliser containing mineral nutrients;
organic fertiliser: fertiliser containing organic substances of plant or animal origin;
organo -mineral fertiliser: mixture of organic and mineral fer tilisers obtained in a single 
industrial process or b y mechanical mixing;
type of mineral fertiliser: category of mineral fertiliser determined by the type of nutrient;
nutrient (active substance): chemical ingredient of the fertiliser that is needed to ma ke plants 
grow and develop;
micro -fertilisers: mineral fertiliser, the nutrients of which are present as micro -elements;
fertilisers with micro -elements: mineral fertilisers containing macro and micro -elements;
plant growth regulators: organic compounds th at stimulate or inhibit plant growth and 
development processes;
warning marking: all of the information that is affixed to the products and/or packaging (in 
the form of a brief block of text or discrete graphical/coloured elements and combinations 
thereof) .Article 3 .Rules for placing on the market
1. Mineral fertilisers shall be placed on the market in the single customs territory of the 
Customs Union in compliance with the requirements of this Technical Regulation and other 
technical regulations of the Customs Union that apply to them.
2.    Mineral fertilisers placed on the market of the Customs Union must be duly officially  
registered in one of the member states of the Customs Union and must be entered in the 
standard Register of fertilisers that can be marketed in the territory of the Customs Union.
Certification of official registration of mineral fertilisers obtained at the time when this 
Technical Regulation enters into force shall appl y in the territory of the Customs Union until 
it expires.
Article 4. Safety requirements
1.      Mineral fertilisers must meet the safet y requirements laid down in Annex 2 to this 
Technical Regulation.
2.  Mineral fertilisers must be classified according to their hazardous properties, information 
about which must be provided in the Safet y Passport and the warning marking affixed to the 
packaging or enclosed leaflets.
The warning marking shall be affixed in the form of a danger sign, a warning message and a 
brief description of the danger and the measures to prevent i t under Article 13, Concerning the 
safet y of chemical products, of the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union.
Article 5. Marking of mineral fertilisers
1.   The marking of fertilisers in retail packaging must include the following information:
-the name and purpose of the fertiliser;
-the names and contents of the nutrients;
-the name (trade name) and location (legal address, including the name of the country) of the 
manufacturer of mineral fertilisers;
-the manufacturer's trademark (if available) ;
-the designation of the document under which the fertiliser is produced and supplied (if 
available);
-the brand and/or variety of fertiliser (if available);
-the nominal quantity (weight or volume);
-the recommended application of the fertiliser;
-the registration number of the fertiliser in the member state of the Customs Union;
-the registration number of the label on the packaging;
-the date of manufacture (month, y ear);
-the date of packaging (month, y ear);
-the storage conditions;
-the guar antee period, use -bydate;
-the bar code (if available);
-restrictions on use, information about compatibility with other fertilisers (if data are 
available) and chemicals;
-precautionary measures when working with mineral fertilisers and during their s torage;
-first aid measures.
2.     Marking of fertilisers intended for sale to legal persons, sole traders and other natural 
persons must include the following information:
-the name (trade name) and location (legal address, including the name of the co untry ) of the manufacturer;
-the manufacturer's trademark (if available);
-the name and purpose of the fertiliser;
-the names and contents of the nutrients;
-the designation of the document under which the fertiliser is produced and supplied (if 
availa ble);
-the brand and/or variety (if available);
-the batch number;
-the date of manufacture (month, y ear);
-the nominal quantity of the fertiliser (weight or volume);
-the guarantee period, use -bydate of the fertiliser;
-the bar code of the fertilis er (if available);
-safet y information;
-the registration number in the member state of the Customs Union;
- the storage conditions;
-precautionary measures when working with fertilisers and during their transportation and 
storage;
-restrictions on us e, information about compatibility with other fertilisers (if data are 
available);
-first aid measures.
3. The marking for packaged fertilisers must be affixed to the packaging or to a label or tag 
attached to the packaging in such a way as to ensure that it remains undamaged.
If there is insufficient room for the warning marking to be affixed to the packaging, fertilisers 
shall be accompanied b y a leaflet enclosed with each package, bearing all the information set 
out in sections 3 and 4 of this Article.
4.    If fertilisers are supplied unpackaged, information concerning them must be provided in 
accompan ying documentation.
5.     Fertilisers transported by road or railway must be marked in accordance with the 
requirements of the rules applicable in the me mber states of the Customs Union to the 
transportation of loads by road or railway .
6.     The marking shall be in the Russian language and/or the national language of the 
member state of the Customs Union in which the mineral fertilisers in question are t o be sold.
7.  The marking must be clear and legible and accessibly placed.
Article 6. Verification of compliance
1.       Verification of the compliance of mineral fertilisers with the requirements of this 
Technical Regulation shall be as follows:
official registration;
official monitoring (supervision) as laid down b y law in the member states of the 
Customs Union.
2.  Official registration may be applied for by a legal or natural person acting as a sole trader 
in the territory of a member state of  the Customs Union and registered according to the law 
of the relevant state or that is the manufacturer or seller or fulfils the function of foreign 
manufacturer under an agreement concluded with the person in question to ensure that the 
supplied products meet the requirements of this Technical Agreement and to determine 
liability for any failure by the supplied products to meet the requirements of this Technical 
Regulation.
3. Official registration shall be carried out b y the competent bodies of the member states of 
the Customs Union (hereinafter referred to as the Competent Bodies).4.   Official registration of mineral fertilisers includes the following t ypes of work:
4.1. submission by the applicant to the Competent Bodies of the documentation, which mus t 
include:
a declaration concerning the performance of state registration,
a safet y passport prepared in accordance with Article 14 of the Technical Regulation of the 
Customs Union Concerning the safet y of chemical products;
records of research (testing) a nd/or scientific accounts of research into mineral fertilisers 
carried out in testing (research) laboratories (centres);
4.2. the documents submitted and the information they contain shall be reviewed and verified 
bythe Competent Bodies within 15 working days;
4.3. a decision on state registration shall be taken by the Competent Bod y within five working 
days.
5. Within five working day s, the Competent Body shall allocate a unique registration number 
to the mineral fertiliser,  enter it in the standard Regi ster of products that can be marketed in 
the territory of the member states of the Customs Union and issue an official registration 
certificate duly drawn up in accordance with Annex 3 to this Technical Regulation.
6.    The official registration certifica te shall be issued for an indefinite period.
Article 7. Affixing the standard conformity mark on the market of the Member States of 
the Customs Union
1. A mineral fertiliser that meets the requirements of this Technical Regulation of the 
Customs Union an d has undergone the compliance verification procedure as set out in Article 
5 of this Technical Regulation must bear the standard mark showing that products can be 
marketed on the market of member states of the Customs Union.
2. The standard mark showing t hat products can be marketed on the market of the member 
states of the Customs Union shall be affixed before a mineral fertiliser is placed on the 
market.
3. The standard mark showing that products can be placed on the market of member states of 
the Custom s Union shall be affixed to each package of mineral fertiliser or to the label (if the 
mark cannot be affixed to the packaging) and also shown in the documentation accompan ying 
a batch of mineral fertiliser.
4. The standard mark showing that products can b e placed on the market of member states of 
the Customs Union shall be affixed by any means as long as it is shown clearly and legibl y 
until the mineral fertiliser has been fully used or disposed of.
Article 8.  Protection provision
The member states of the Customs Union must do every thing in their power to restrict and 
prohibit the marketing in the single customs territory of the Customs Union of mineral 
fertiliser that fails to meet the requirements of this Technical Regulation and also to remove it 
from the market.Annex 1
to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union
concerning the requirements applicable to fertilisers
List of mineral fertilisers covered b y this Technical Regulation
1. Mineral fertilisers in terms of their general state:
-solid (powdered, granulated, crystalline);
-liquid (solution, suspension).
2. Mineral fertilisers in terms of their nutrients:
2.1 simple mineral fertilisers stated to contain one basic nutrient (nitrogen, phosphorus, 
potassium):
-nitrate;
-phosphate;
-potash;
2.2.     composite (compound, mixed, compound mixed)
mineral fertilisers stated to contain more than one basic nutrient:
-nitrate -phosphate -potash;
-nitrate -phosphate;
-nitrate -potash;
-phosphate -potash;
2.3. simple and composite mineral fertiliser s stated to contain basic nutrients (nitrogen, 
phosphorus, potassium) and macro -elements (calcium, magnesium, sodium, sulphur);
2.4.     simple and composite mineral fertilisers stated to contain basic nutrients, macro -
elements and micro -elements (boron, m anganese, copper, zinc, cobalt, molybdenum, iron, 
etc.) and plant growth regulators;
2.5. micro -fertilisers.Annex 2
to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union
concerning the requirements applicable to fertilisers
Radiation and chemical safet y standards applicable to mineral fertilisers
1. Radiation safet y standards applicable to fertilisers:
specific activity of natural radionuclides in mineral fertilisers must not exceed
u+1.5  Th 1.0 kBq/kg,
where  uand  Threspectively represent the specific activity of uranium -238 (radium -226)  
thorium -232 (thorium -228) in radioactive equilibrium with the other members of the uranium 
and thorium series;
the permissible 40 content is not determined in mineral fertilisers.
2. Chemical safet y standards:
2.1. the relative biuret content of carbamide does not exceed 2%;
2.2.  the  of a 10 % b y weight ammonium nitrate aqueous solution is no less than 5.0;
2.3.    the grain size of ammonium nitrate (proportion by weight):
under 1 mm: no more than 5%;
under 0 .5 mm: no more than 3%.Annex 3
to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union
concerning the requirements applicable to fertilisers
CERTIFICATE
PROVI NG STATE REGISTRATION OF A MINERAL FERTILISER
No  of (date)
This certific ate is issued 
(name and number of state registration bod y)
(surname, first name and patronymic of entrepreneur and his/her registration number)
Under the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union Concerning the requirements 
applicable to fertilisers
(name of fertiliser)
has been granted official registration No 
and may be marketed in the territory of the member states of the Customs Union.
Manager 
(signature) 
Stamp