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Date: 2021-05-28 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… 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

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…
            
            
               of 28.5.2021
            
            
               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
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               , 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, 28.5.2021
            
            
               
                     For the Commission
               
               
                     The President
                     Ursula VON DER LEYEN
               
            
         
         
            
                  
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                        OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p.1.
               
            
      
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               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’