Document ID: 31993L0001

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/1/EEC of 21 January 1993 amending Directive 77/535/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to methods of sampling and analysis for fertilizers (Analysis methods for trace elements)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/116/EEC of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to fertilizers (1), as last amended by Directive 89/530/EEC (2), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 8a of the Treaty establishes an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured;
Whereas Directive 89/530/EEC supplements and amends Directive 76/116/EEC in respect of the trace elements boron, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc in fertilizers;
Whereas Commission Directive 77/535/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 89/519/EEC (4), provides for official controls for Community fertilizers for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements imposed by Community provisions concerning the quality and composition of fertilizers; whereas Directive 77/535/EEC should be supplemented so that fertilizers to which Directive 89/530/EEC applies can also be checked;
Whereas, in view of the scope and effects of the proposed action, the Community measures provided for by this Directive are not only necessary but also indispensable for the attainment of the stated objectives, whereas these objectives cannot be achieved by Member States individually, and whereas their attainment at Community level is, in fact, already provided for by Directive 76/116/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives for the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in Fertilizers,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
The text set out in the Annex to this Directive is hereby added to Annex II to Directive 77/535/EEC.
The methods are applicable to Community fertilizers for the determination of each trace element the declared content of which is less than or equal to 10 %.
Article 2
1. Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 1993. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 January 1993.

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