Article 1 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/973

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1.By-products belonging to Component Material Category (CMC) 11 referred to in Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, which provide nutrients to plants or mushrooms or improve their nutrition efficiency, shall meet the following criteria for agronomic efficiency and safety:

(a)contain at least 95 % by dry matter of ammonium salts, sulphate salts, phosphate salts, elemental sulphur, calcium carbonate or calcium oxide, or mixtures thereof;

(a)400 mg/kg dry matter of total chromium (Cr);

(b)are produced as an integral part of a production process that uses as input materials substances and mixtures, other than animal by-products or derived products within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note;

(b)2 mg/kg dry matter of thallium (Tl).

(c)have an organic carbon (C_org) content of no more than 0,5 % of the dry matter of the by-product;

(d)contain no more than 6 mg/kg dry matter of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH₁₆)^note;

(e)contain no more than 20 ng WHO toxicity equivalents^note/kg dry matter of the polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF)^note.

An EU fertilising product containing or consisting of by-products providing nutrients to plants or mushrooms or improving their nutrition efficiency shall contain no more than:

2.By-products belonging to CMC 11 referred to in Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, which are used as technical additives, shall meet the following criteria for agronomic efficiency and safety:

(a)have the role to improve the safety or agronomic efficiency of the EU fertilising product;

(b)are present in the EU fertilising product at a total concentration of no more than 5 % by mass;

(c)contain no more than 6 mg/kg dry matter of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH₁₆);

(d)contain no more than 20 ng WHO toxicity equivalents^note/kg dry matter of the polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF).

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