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Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 76/116/EEC in respect of fluid fertilizers 
COM(86) 704 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 16 December 1986) 
(87/C 12/03) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES; 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Council Directive 76/116/EEC of 
18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of 
the Member States relating to fertilizers ('), as last 
amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
laid down rules governing the marketing of solid ferti­
lizers; whereas it has proved necessary to extend the 
scope of this Directive to cover fluid fertilizers; 
Whereas Directive 76/116/EEC is also applicable to 
fluid fertilizers, and in particular the designation 'EEC 
fertilizer' for fertilizers meeting the definition and having 
the composition of simple and compound fertilizers set 
out in this Directive, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Directive 76/116/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 
1. Article 2 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 2 
Member States shall take all the necessary measures 
to ensure that the designation "EEC fertilizer" is used 
only for fertilizers belonging to one of the fertilizer 
types listed in Annex I and complying with the conditions laid down by the Directive and by Annexes 
I to III thereof.' 
2. The following paragraph 3 is added to Article 4: 
'3. Fluid fertilizers may only be marketed if 
directions for their correct storage are provided, in 
particular with regard to storage temperature.' 
3. Chapter 'C — Fluid fertilizers' contained in Annex I 
to this Directive is added to Annex I. 
4. The following is inserted after the second sub­
paragraph in point 1. c) of Annex II: 
'The additional information on the fertilizing 
components of fluid fertilizers may be expressed in 
terms of weight versus volume (kg per hectolitre or 
grams per litre). 
Quantities of a fluid fertilizer shall be expressed by 
mass. The expression of quantities of fluid fertilizers 
by volume shall be optional.' 
5. The following products and tolerances are added 
under A.I in Annex III: 
'— Nitrogen fertilizer solution 0,6 % 
— Ammonium nitrate — urea solution 0,6 %' 
Article 2 
1. Member States shall implement the measures 
necessary for compliance with this Directive at the latest 
by 31 December 1987. They shall forthwith inform the 
Commission thereof. 
2. Member States shall communicate to the 
Commission the texts of any national provisions that 
they adopt in the field covered by this Directive. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
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