Transcript Slide 1

Essential quality and labelling
requirements
Fertilisers Working Group meeting
2 June 2014
This revised presentation contains the latest contributions
received from Member States and industry. It does not commit
the EU Commission
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Essential Quality requirements
- One MS mentioned that accepting low nutrient
products would lead to increased levels of
contaminants in soils as the amount of fertilising
materials required would increase
-Other Member States insisted that the minimum
nutrient content of inorganic fertilisers is set low
enough so as not to exclude niche products.
Farmers will be able to differentiate products for
the professional market from products intended for
consumer market.2
Essential
Quality requirements
- Product categorisation for organic-based products
should be based on product weight not dry matter
to ensure coherent classification (See for example
ECOFI contribution)
- Quality requirements should avoid for the same
material to be find into several categories. A clear
threshold should help the user understand the
utility of the products.
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Inorganic fertiliser – Minimum nutrient
content (Green = new suggestions)
A. Solid primary and secondary inorganic fertilisers
Minimum nutrient content
on commercialised product
(individual value qualifies
the product as an inorganic
fertiliser)
PS: obligation to declare
secondary nutrients in
primary nutrients (See art
17 + presentation on
labelling)
N total: 2 %
P2O5 total : 1%
Min solubility levels for P forms?
Water-soluble K2O: 1,5%
Water soluble MgO: 1,5%
Water soluble CaO:1,5%
Water –soluble SO3: 1,5%
Na to be considered?
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Inorganic fertiliser – Minimum nutrient
content
B. Fluid primary and secondary
inorganic fertilisers
Minimum nutrient content on
N total: 1%
commercialised products
P2O5 total :0,3%
(individual value qualifies the
Min solubility levels for P forms?
product as an inorganic fertiliser)
Water-soluble K2O : 0,5%
Water soluble Mg:1%
PS: obligation to declare
Water soluble Ca:1%
secondary nutrients in primary
Water –soluble S:1%
nutrients (See art 17 +
presentation on labelling)
Na to be considered?
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Fertilisers containing only one micronutrient
• Minimum requirements for:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Micronutrient
Micronutrient
Micronutrient
Micronutrient
Micronutrient
Micronutrient
salts
oxyde
chelate
complex
suspension
solution
• Possible for Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn for which harmonised
rules have already been adopted. What about B and
Mb?
• Can experts provide suggestions on possible generic
quality criteria for fertilisers containing only one
micro-nutrient?
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Minimum micro-nutrient content in
…(refer to the existing tables of Section E)
Table E.2.1. Solid or fluid mixtures of micro-nutrient
fertilisers, percentage weight of fertiliser
Table E.2.2. Primary and/or secondary nutrient(s) with
micro-nutrient(s) applied to the soil, percentage weight of
fertiliser.
Table E.2.3. Primary and/or secondary nutrient(s) with
micro-nutrient(s) for leaf sprays, percentage weight of
fertiliser.
COM : can we simplify by proposing an unique
minimum content for micronutrients in
mixtures?
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Inorganic fertilisers – technical
characteristics to be labelled(1)
Forms of nitrogen in inorganic fertilisers if present (expressed
in % of the product as received)
Total nitrogen
Nitric nitrogen
Ammoniacal nitrogen
Ureic nitrogen
Nitrogen from urea formaldehyde, isobutylidene diurea,
crotonylidene diurea
Nitrogen from acetylene diurea
Cyanamide nitrogen
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Inorganic fertilisers – technical
characteristics to be labelled(2)
Forms of P and K in inorganic fertilisers if present
(expressed in % of the product as received)
Total phosphorus -phosphorus in mineral acid
Water-soluble phosphorus
Phosphorus soluble in formic acid (specific to soft ground
phosphate)
Phosphorus soluble in neutral ammonium citrate
Water-soluble K
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Inorganic fertilisers – technical
characteristics to be labelled (3)
1. - Water-soluble and total secondary nutrient
content (percentage on the product as received)
2. - Total and water-soluble forms of micronutrients must be declared if added intentionally
(percentage on the product as received)
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Thresholds for declaration of forms of
secondary nutrients
• WG1 recommendation: current rules shall
continue to apply
• Art 17: Ca,Mg, S and Na must be declared if
above a given threshold
• Art 18 of the current Fertilisers Regulation: the
declaration of the secondary nutrients shall be
expressed in the total content and the content
soluble in water where the soluble content is a
quarter of the total content.
• DE: elemental S (organic S compounds) shall be
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declared on top of total and water-soluble S
Thresholds for declaration of micronutrients
• WG1 recommendation: current rules shall
continue to apply
• Art. 6.6 of the current Fertilisers Regulation: the
total content shall be declared and the watersoluble content is declared where the soluble
content is at least half of the total content.
• As regards mixtures of micro-nutrients, the
minimum limit values for the declaration of the
total micro-nutrient content as set out in COM
Regulation (EC) No 223/2012 shall continue to
apply.
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Inorganic fertilisers – Compulsory
identification
• Identification of the product category + differentiation
between complex, blended and coated fertilisers
• The quantity (in weight or volume)
• The relevant technical characteristics of inorganic
fertiliser (see tables above)
• The batch identification code
• Guidelines for the safe handling (Provisions of the CLP
legislation, where applicable) and use (including possible
limitation of use in accordance with MS provisions)
• Where relevant, a statement about the suitability – or not of the product for particular plant groups
• The name and the address of the manufacturer or importer
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• Presence of biuret, Cl above a given threshold
Inorganic fertiliser – Optional
identification
• Trade name of the product
• Granulometry ?
• Recommended conditions of storage and the
recommended ‘use by’ date (expiry date).
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Organic fertilisers – Quality requirements
– Option A
Minimum organic matter
content (expressed on dry
matter)
No mimimum organic matter
content
Minimum nutrient content on
dry matter for solid
fertilisers(individual values
qualifies the product as organic
fertiliser
Minimum nutrient content on
commercialised products for
fluid fertilisers (individual
values qualifies the product as
organic fertiliser
N total: 1,5%
N org: 0,5%?
P2O5 total: 0,5%
Water-soluble K2O: 0,75%
N total: 1%
N org:0,3%?
P2O5 total :0,3%
Water-soluble K2O : 0,5%
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Solid Organic fertilisers – Quality
requirements. Expressed as % of the total packaged weight –
OPTION B
Min dry matter content
40%
Min Corg
15%
Min Norg
2%
Min N total
2,5%
Min P2O5 total
2%
Min K2O water-soluble
2%
Min Granulometry for powder
form
At least 90% able to pass
through a 10 mm sieve
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Liquid Organic fertilisers – Quality
requirements - Expressed as % of the total packaged
weight – Option B
Min dry matter content
No minimum
Min Corg
5%
Min Norg
1%
Min N total
2%
Min P2O5 total
1%
Min K2O water-soluble
2%
Min Granulometry for powder
form
Not applicable
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Organic fertilisers – technical characteristics
Total nitrogen (expressed in % of the product as received)
Ammoniacal nitrogen
Ureic nitrogen
P soluble in mineral acid
Total and water-soluble K
Water-soluble Mg above 2% of the commercial product
Is there a need to label the water soluble content of other secondary
nutrients in organic fertilisers?
Cu and Zn if above 200 and 600 mg/kg d.m
Water-soluble content of micro-nutrients above 0,1% of the
commercial product
Corg/Norg ratio
Organic matter content (%)
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Organic fertilisers – Compulsory identification
• Identification of the product category
• The quantity (in weight or volume)
• The relevant technical characteristics of organic
fertiliser (see table above)
• The batch identification code
• Guidelines for the safe handling (where applicable) and use
(including possible limitation of use in accordance with MS
provisions)
• Where relevant, a statement about the suitability – or not of the product for particular plant groups
• The name and the address of the manufacturer or importer
and
• Main constituents above 5% by weight of the final product
in descending order of importance (may be expressed in
general terms animal by-product, by-product from the
agro-food industry…)
• Responsible person (manufacturer, importer, distributor): 19
name and address
Organic fertiliser – Optional identification
• Trade name of the product
• Granulometry ?
• Recommended conditions of storage and the
recommended ‘use by’ date.
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Organo-mineral fertilisers – Quality
criteria (ECOFI) (% on the weight of products)
Parameter
Solid OM
Liquid OM
Dry matter
> 60
No minimum
C org
7,5
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N total
2,5
2
N org
1
0,5
P2O5 total
2
2
K2O water soluble
2
2
Complex fertiliser?
An additional quality requirement is needed to21
differentiate OM fertilisers from mere blends
Organo-mineral fertilisers – technical
characteristics
Forms of nutrients in organic fertilisers to be declared if
present (expressed in % of the product as received)
C org
N total
N org
P2O5 total
K2O total
Cu and Zn if above 200 and 600 mg/kg d.m
Humic/fulvic acid content (ISO std in development)
Corg/Norg
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Organo-mineral fertilisers – Compulsory identification
• Identification of the product category
• The quantity (in weight or volume)
• The relevant technical characteristics of organo-mineral
fertiliser
• The batch identification code
• Guidelines for the safe handling (Provisions of the CLP
legislation, where applicable) and use (including possible
limitation of use in accordance with MS provisions)
• Where relevant, a statement about the suitability – or not - of
the product for particular plant groups
• The name and the address of the manufacturer or importer
• Main constituents above 5% by weight of the final product in
descending order of importance (may be expressed in general
terms)
• Responsible person (manufacturer, importer, distributor): name
and address
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Organo-mineral fertiliser – Optional
identification
• Trade name of the product
• Granulometry
• Recommended conditions of storage and the
recommended ‘use by’ date.
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Liming materials – minimum quality
requirements
• Minimum NV : 15 -> 25 (equivalent CaO)
9 -> 15 (equivalent HO-)
• Minimum reactivity:10
• Determined on dry matter to not exclude sugar
factory lime
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Liming materials – Parameters to be
declared
Quality criteria on the
products as received
Comments
Neutralising value
Mandatory declaration
Fineness by dry or wet
sieving
Mandatory declaration. Percentage of product
passing through a determined sieve
Total Ca (%)
Mandatory declaration
Total Mg (%)
Mandatory declaration where relevant
Reactivity (%)
Mandatory declaration for carbonate limes (EN
16357 or EN 13971) and limes from industrial
by-products (slags –EN 13971)
EN 14984 incubation – optional
No reactivity determination for reactive
products
Moisture (%)
For natural limes and oxide and hydroxide
limes
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Liming materials – Compulsory identification
• Identification of the product category
• The quantity (in weight or volume)
• The relevant technical characteristics of liming materials (
e.g. granulometry)
• The batch identification code
• Guidelines for the safe handling (Provisions of the CLP
legislation, where applicable) and use (including possible
limitation of use in accordance with MS provisions)
• Where relevant, a statement about the suitability – or not - of
the product for particular plant groups
• The name and the address of the manufacturer or importer
• Main constituents above 5% by weight of the final product in
descending order of importance
• Responsible person (manufacturer, importer, distributor):
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name and address
Liming materials – Optional identification
• Trade name of the product
• Recommended conditions of storage and the
recommended ‘use by’ date.
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Organic soil improver – Quality criteria (EU
EoW) – mulches covered Industry proposal
Current
Minimum dry matter
40%
Minimum organic 15%.
matter content
Too
(expressed on
low !
dry matter)
Stability index
Figures proposed
in the EU EoW
are different for
compost and
digestate
Minimum Corg content (on
total packaged weight)
9%
Maximum nutrient content (on
total packaged weight)
< N tot:2,5%
<P2O5tot: 2%
K2O watersoluble: 2%
Min granulometry for powder
form (on total packaged
weight)
At least 90% of
the product
should pass a
10 mm sieve
?
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Organic soil improver – Criteria to be
declared
Labelling criteria (expressed on the product as
received)
pH
Organic matter content (%) or organic C content (%)?
Neutralising value (where relevant)
Total nitrogen (%)
Total phosphorus (%)
Total potassium (%)
Dry matter content (%)
Electrical conductivity (mS/m)
C/N ratio (where relevant – EBA against mandatory labelling)
Quantity/ Volume
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Organic soil improver – Criteria to be
declared
Labelling criteria (expressed on the product as
received unless mentioned otherwise)
Total Mg content
Cu if > 200 mg/kg d.m
Zn if > 600 mg/kg d.m
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Organic Soil improver – Compulsory identification
• Identification of the product category
• The quantity (in weight or volume)
• The relevant technical characteristics of soil improver
• The batch identification code
• Guidelines for the safe handling (where applicable) and use
(including possible limitation of use in accordance with MS
provisions)
• Where relevant, a statement about the suitability – or not of the product for particular plant groups
• The name and the address of the manufacturer or importer
• The main constituents above 5% by weight of the final
product in descending order of importance (may be
expressed in general terms)
• Responsible person (manufacturer, importer, distributor): 32
name and address
Organic Soil improver – Optional
identification
• Trade name of the product
• Recommended conditions of storage and the
recommended ‘use by’ date.
• Granulometry for compost
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Other soil improver
• - Avoid catch all category
• - Limited to products largely used in agriculture
(e.g. water retention products)
• - Quality requirements in development e.g;
water retention capacity
• Alternatively
• - if such products are not largely marketed across
Europe, leave MS the choice to regulate or not.
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Growing media
• Not possible to describe quality requirements for
the whole set of growing media products (
conclusions of the FWG on 19 November 2012)
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Growing media – mandatory criteria to be
declared
Electrical conductivity (mS/m)
pH
Quantity by volume at time of filling (litres) up to
60mm
Quantity by volume-determination of materials with
particle size greater than 60 mm
Quantity by volume-determination of pre-shaped GM
Amount of fertiliser added (kg/m³) if present
Presence of fertilising additives (see slide 28)
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Growing media – optional criteria to be
declared
CAT soluble and water-soluble nitrogen (mg/l)
CAT soluble and water-soluble phosphorus (mg/l)
CAT soluble and water-soluble potassium (mg/l)
Total pore space (% by volume at a given pressure)
Water volume (% by volume at a given pressure)
Air volume (% by volume at a given pressure)
Shrinkage (% by volume)
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Growing media – Compulsory identification
• Identification of the product category
• The quantity (volume)
• The relevant technical characteristics of growing
media
• The batch identification code
• Guidelines for the safe handling (where applicable) and use
• Where relevant, a statement about the suitability – or not of the product for particular plant groups
• Main constituents above 5% by weight of the final product
in descending order of importance (may be expressed in
general terms)
• Responsible person (manufacturer, importer, distributor):
name and address
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Growing media – Optional identification
• Trade name of the product
• Recommended conditions of storage
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Plant biostimulant – Compulsory identification
for all products (1)
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Identification of the product category
EU registration number
Product name
Main relevant constituents in descending order of
abundance (may be expressed in general terms –
“natural plant extracts”)
Registry functional claim(s): to which part(s) of the
regulatory definition do the claimed benefits correspond
– e.g. “benefit nutrient uptake”
Minimum guaranteed content
Indications of the dose rates and suitable conditions of
use
Net mass or volume for fluid biostimulants at time of 40
manufacture and expressed as kg or lt
Plant biostimulant – Compulsory
identification for all products (2)
• Expiration date, where relevant
• Storage and handling recommendations (e.g
CLP provisions)
• Mark of the manufacturer and the trade
description of the product
• Batch code
• Responsible person (manufacturer, importer,
distributor): name and address
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Plant biostimulant – Compulsory
identification if relevant
• Detailed claims (where the producer claims more
detailed benefits than the general definition)
• Any major nutrients (N, P2O5, K2O, MgO, CaO, SO3)
that are present in amounts exceeding 1% on the
product as received
• Total micronutrient content if present above 0.01% on
the product as received
• For the nutrients: specify type (inorganic, organic),
performance characteristics (e.g.water soluble or
chelated)
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Plant biostimulant mixed with other
products
• Labelling requirements that would apply to all plant
biostimulants
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An indication of EU registration
Product name
Registry claims
Minimum guaranteed content
Conc. of the biostimulant in the mixture (kg/t or ml/l)
Indications of dose rates and suitable conditions of use
All labelling requirements for the other component of
the mixture
• Labelling that is required if relevant for the product
• Detailed claims (beyond definition claims)
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Agronomic fertiliser additives
:labelling requirements
• Thank you for your suggestions
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This category will cover:
Nitrification and urease inhibitors
Chelating and complexing agents
Coating agents (not yet covered by the current
regulation)
• …other possible products in the future (need for a
flexible approach)
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