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Commission Regulation (EU) No 463/2013 of 17 May 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and            of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes of adapting Annexes I, II and IV thereto to technical progress (Text            with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Regulation (EU) No 463/2013                     

# of 17 May 2013

# amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes                        of adapting Annexes I, II and IV thereto to technical progress                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to                           fertilisers(1), and in particular Article 31(1) and (3) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)The word ‘kainit’ has been used in Table A.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 as the fertiliser type designation                              for crude potassium salt. The word kainit has now come to be associated with only one specific crude potassium salt leading                              to a potential restriction of trade for manufacturers wishing to market other sources of potassium salts. In order to counter                              that restriction and thus facilitate access to a broader range of potassium salts for farmers across the Member States, a                              more generic type designation for those entries should be used for that fertiliser type, and the references to kainit should                              be adapted accordingly. A transitional period should be granted to producers of crude potassium salts to adapt the labelling                              to the new rules.

(2)Lignosulphonic acid is a complex material obtained from different sources of wood. As many different grades of quality are                              commercially available, it is important to adapt to technical progress the quality requirements which the products must comply                              with in order to be placed on the market as an EC fertiliser.

(3)Liming materials, also known as lime fertilisers, reduce soil acidity and, in doing so, can also provide the nutrients magnesium                              or calcium or both. Manufacturers of liming materials face a diversity of national rules leading to a distortion of the internal                              market. Liming materials should therefore be added to the fertiliser types described in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003                              in order that they may circulate freely within the internal market. Furthermore, the European Committee for Standardisation                              (CEN) has developed EN standards for the methods of analysis of liming materials. In order to make compliance with those standards                              mandatory, they should be included in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis.

(4)A transitional period should be granted to ensure that producers of liming materials are given time to adapt to the new EN                              Standards.

(5)Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 lays down the tolerances with regard to the declared nutrient content. Annex II should                              be amended to include tolerances for liming materials.

(6)Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 requires the control of EC fertilisers in accordance with the methods of sampling and analysis                              that are laid down in Annex IV thereto. However, some of those methods are not internationally recognised and should be replaced                              by EN standards recently developed by the European Committee for Standardisation.

(7)Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 32                              of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## Article 1U.K.Amendments

1.Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.                  

2.Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.                  

3.Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.                  

## Article 2U.K.Transitional provisions

By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 3, manufacturers may apply the provisions in Annex I, point (1)                     before 7 December 2014.                  

## Article 3U.K.Entry into force

1.This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

2.Annex I, point (1) shall apply from 7 December 2014.                  

3.Annex I, point (3), Annex II, point (2) and Annex III, point (4) shall apply from 7 June 2014.                  

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 May 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEX IU.K.

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended as follows:

In Section A.3, entries 1 and 2 in the table are replaced by the following:

In Section E.3.2, the table is replaced by the following:

The following Section G is added:

### ‘G.**Liming materials**

The words “LIMING MATERIAL” shall be added after the term “EC FERTILISER”.                           

All the properties mentioned in the tables of Sections G.1 to G.5 refer to the product as supplied unless otherwise specified.                           

Granulated liming materials which are produced by aggregating smaller primary particles must break down when stirred in water                                 into particles with fineness distributions as specified in the type descriptions, and as measured using Method 14.9 “Determination                                 of the breakdown of granules”.                           

#### G.1.*Natural Limes*

#### G.2.*Oxide and Hydroxide limes of natural origin*

#### G.3.*Limes from industrial processes*

#### G.4.*Mixed limes*

#### G.5.*Mixtures of liming materials with other EC fertiliser types*

## ANNEX IIU.K.

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended as follows:

Section 1.3 is amended as follows:

In the first entry, the type designation ‘kainit’ is replaced by ‘crude potassium salt’.

In the second entry, the type designation ‘enriched kainit salt’ is replaced by ‘enriched crude potassium salt’.

The following Section 5 is added:

### ‘5.**Liming materials**

The tolerances allowed in respect of the declared calcium and magnesium shall be:                           

The tolerance allowed in respect of the declared neutralising value shall be:                           

The tolerance applicable to the declared percentage of material passing a specific sieve shall be:                           

## ANNEX IIIU.K.

In Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003, Section B is amended as follows:

Method 6.1 is replaced by the following:

### *‘Method 6.1***Determination of chlorides in the absence of organic material**

*EN 16195: Fertilisers — Determination of chlorides in the absence of organic material*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’                           

Methods 8.6 to 8.8 are replaced by the following:

### *‘Method 8.6***Manganimetric determination of extracted calcium following precipitation in the form of oxalate**

*EN 16196: Fertilisers — Manganimetric determination of extracted calcium following precipitation in the form of oxalate*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

### *Method 8.7***Determination of magnesium by atomic absorption spectrometry**

*EN 16197: Fertilisers — Determination of magnesium by atomic absorption spectrometry*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

### *Method 8.8***Determination of magnesium by complexometry**

*EN 16198: Fertilisers — Determination of magnesium by complexometry*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’                           

Method 8.10 is replaced by the following:

### *‘Method 8.10***Determination of the sodium extracted by flame-emission spectrometry**

*EN 16199: Fertilisers — Determination of the sodium extracted by flame-emission spectrometry*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’                           

The following methods 14 are added:

### *‘Methods 14***Liming materials**

#### *Method 14.1***Determination of size distribution of liming materials by dry and wet sieving**

*EN 12948: Liming materials — Determination of size distribution by dry and wet sieving*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

#### *Method 14.2***Determination of the reactivity of carbonate and silicate liming materials with hydrochloric acid**

*EN 13971: Carbonate and silicate liming materials — Determination of reactivity — Potentiometric titration method with hydrochloric                                    acid*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

#### *Method 14.3***Determination of the reactivity by automatic titration method with citric acid**

*EN 16357: Carbonate liming materials — Determination of reactivity — Automatic titration method with citric acid*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

#### *Method 14.4***Determination of the neutralising value of liming materials**

*EN 12945: Liming materials — Determination of neutralising value — Titrimetric methods*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

#### *Method 14.5***Determination of calcium in liming materials by the oxalate method**

*EN 13475: Liming materials — Determination of calcium content — Oxalate method*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

#### *Method 14.6***Determination of calcium and magnesium in liming materials by complexometry**

*EN 12946: Liming materials — Determination of calcium and magnesium content — Complexometric method*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

#### *Method 14.7***Determination of magnesium in liming materials by atomic absorption spectrometric method**

*EN 12947: Liming materials — Determination of magnesium content — Atomic absorption spectrometric method*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

#### *Method 14.8***Determination of moisture content**

*EN 12048 Solid fertilisers and liming materials — Determination of moisture content — Gravimetric method by drying at 105 °C                                    +/– 2 °C*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

#### *Method 14.9***Determination of the breakdown of granules**

*EN 15704: Liming materials — Determination of the breakdown of granulated calcium and calcium/magnesium carbonates under the                                    influence of water*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.                           

#### *Method 14.10***Determination of product effect by soil incubation**

*EN 14984: Liming materials — Determination of product effect on soil pH — Soil incubation method*                           

This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’                           

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