3. EU Fertilizer Product Regulation (EU) 20 19/ 1009.
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20 19 On June 25th, the EU Fertilizer Product Regulation (FPR) (EU) 2019/1009 was published in the EU Official Gazette. The FPR will take effect on July 19, 2065.
The regulation includes the waste treatment standards of compost and digestive juice within the scope of EU-, which can be used for organic fertilizers, soil improvers and growth media. After three years of implementation, the soil improvers and cultivation substrates marked with CE can be put into the EU market.
In some cases, fertilizer products also need to comply with REACH regulations.
Blank of existing fertilizer laws and regulations
Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and Council (2003/2003) partially coordinates the supply conditions of fertilizers in the EU internal market, covering almost all fertilizers mined from inorganic materials or produced chemically.
However, nearly half of the fertilizers on the EU market are currently outside the scope of existing legislation. More and more fertilizer products in the EU market are produced by organic waste streams or mixtures of organic and inorganic materials, but these products are not governed by existing EU regulations. Other products related to agricultural inputs, such as soil improvers and cultivation substrates, are also outside the scope of Regulation (EC)No. 2003/2003, which only stipulates mineral fertilizers, and the current form is not applicable to recycled fertilizer products.
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Furthermore, it is recognized that the existing provisions of Regulation (EC)No. 2003/2003 do not provide a clear framework for solving new problems.
Such as environmental and material safety problems in inorganic fertilizers. Cadmium, uranium and other potentially toxic elements are components of phosphate rock, which means that the mined mineral phosphate fertilizer contains potentially toxic elements relative to the original deposit. When pollutants (such as cadmium) in EU fertilizer products accumulate in the environment and enter the food chain, they may pose a threat to the health, safety or environment of human beings, animals and plants.
New coordinated fertilizer regulations
Council of Europe plans to replace the current effective Regulation (EC)No. 2003/2003 and expand its scope to products based on secondary raw materials, namely recycled and bio-based fertilizer products. 20 19 On June 5th, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union approved the new EU fertilizer product regulation (EU)20 19/ 1009.
The new regulation (EU) 1009/20 19 will repeal regulation (EC)2003/2003 on July 6, 2022.
The new regulation (EU) 1009/20 19 will come into effect on the 20th day after its publication in the EU Official Gazette. This regulation shall be applicable from July 65438+6, 2022, and shall be fully binding and directly applicable to all member States. By July 65438+6, 2022, Regulation (EC) 2003/2003 will be replaced by the new regulation.
The key elements of the new rules are:
Opening the single market of bio-based fertilizers: The Agreement on the Supervision of Fertilizer Products will open the market for new and innovative organic fertilizers by determining the conditions for entering the EU single market.
Safety and quality rules: The new regulations will set strict safety, quality and labeling requirements for all fertilizers freely traded within the EU, and manufacturers need to prove that their products meet these requirements before affixing the CE mark.
EU fertilizer products are divided into different product functional categories (PFC), and each category should meet the specific safety and quality requirements applicable to its different intended uses.
The raw materials of EU fertilizer products are divided into different categories (CMC), and each material should meet specific process requirements and control mechanisms. For the T composed of several materials of CATEG in the market, it should be able to meet the electronic requirements of H for the category of this material.
Introduce new restrictions on pollutants in fertilizers.
About PFC:
According to the regulation of 20 19, fertilizer products are divided into 7 categories according to their functions. That is to say, the functional categories of fertilizer products in Annex I are as follows:
1 fertilizer (organic fertilizer, organic mineral fertilizer, inorganic fertilizer);
Lime soil improver (mainly calcium salt and magnesium salt for adjusting soil pH value);
3 Soil improvers (organic soil improvers, inorganic soil improvers, substances used to improve and protect soil physical and chemical properties and improve soil structure and microbial activity);
4. Cultivation substrate;
5 inhibitors (nitrification inhibitors, denitrification inhibitors, urea inhibitors);
6 plant biostimulants;
7 mixed fertilizer.
The fertilizer category in 2003 is actually only one of the first types of fertilizers, namely inorganic fertilizers.
About CMC:
In 20 19, in addition to the functional classification of fertilizer products, the raw materials for fertilizer production were also classified, that is, Annex II contained 1 1 component material categories (CMCs), namely:
CMC 1 original materials and mixtures;
CMC 2 plants, plant parts and plant extracts;
CMC 3 compost;
CMC 4 decomposition of fresh plants;
CMC 5 decomposition materials of materials other than fresh plant materials;
CMC 6 is a by-product of food industry;
CMC 7 microorganism;
CMC 8 nutritional polymer;
CMC 9 polymers other than nutritional polymers;
CMC 10 comes from the product specified in regulation 1069/2009;
CMC 1 1 is a by-product conforming to the 2008/98/CE standard.
Advantages of the new regulations:
1. Make it easier for producers of organic fertilizers and recycled fertilizers to sell all types of fertilizers, which can be traded within the EU with uniform quality standards.
2. Provide more choices for farmers and reduce the health and environmental risks of consumers.
3. Maximum limit of cadmium in organic fertilizers and other biological fertilizers
4. Compared with mineral fertilizers with high cadmium content, "cadmium content is low"
5. Promote the use of organic fertilizers and biological/waste fertilizers.
6. Promote more use of recycled materials to produce fertilizers, thus contributing to the development of circular economy and reducing dependence on imported nutrients.
7. Relaxing the market access of innovative organic fertilizers will provide farmers and consumers with wider choices and promote green innovation.
8. Establish EU- wide quality, safety and environmental standards for "EU" fertilizers.
9. Improve consumer confidence by ensuring the safety of fertilizers to human health and the environment (especially toxic elements and organic pollutants).
10. As the dealers and importers are close to the market, they should participate in the market supervision tasks carried out by the national authorities.
1 1. Complete coordination of the internal market will eliminate all costs related to mutual recognition and/or differences in national rules, and ensure a unified level of protection for human health and the environment.
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