CELEX: 32021R0862
Language: en
Date: 2021-05-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/862 of 28 May 2021 amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purpose of including a new type of EC fertiliser in Annex I (Text with EEA relevance)

31.5.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 190/74
               
            
         COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2021/862
         of 28 May 2021
         amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purpose of including a new type of EC fertiliser in Annex I
         (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) thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     A manufacturer of potassium formate water solution has submitted via the Swedish authorities a request to the Commission to include that substance as a new fertiliser type in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003. Potassium formate water solution has been developed to provide better absorption of potassium by the leaves of plants with a high need of this primary nutrient, such as fruits and vegetables.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Potassium formate water solution, as specified in Annex I to this Regulation, fulfils the requirements laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003. It should therefore be included in the list of types of EC fertilisers in Annex I to that Regulation.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     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 1
            Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
         
         
            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
         
         
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 28 May 2021.
            
               
                  For the Commission
               
               
                  The President
               
               Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1.
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended as follows:
            
                         
                     
                     
                        In the Table in Section C.1, the following entry is added after entry 7:
                        
                           
                                       ‘8
                                    
                                    
                                       Potassium formate water solution
                                    
                                    
                                       Product obtained by reacting potassium hydroxide, formaldehyde, butyraldehyde, and formic acid followed by separation and evaporation
                                    
                                    
                                       50 % potassium formate
                                       28 % K2O
                                       Potassium expressed as water soluble K2O
                                       27 % formate
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                       Water soluble potassium oxide’