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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003note, and in particular Article 42(1) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 lays down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products, and repeals Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote as of 16 July 2022.
(2)In accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, a straight solid inorganic macronutrient fertiliser with only calcium as a declared macronutrient is to contain at least 12 % by mass calcium expressed as calcium oxide.
(3)Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1666note amended Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 by introducing calcium chelate of iminodisuccinic acid (Ca-IDHA) as a new type of EC fertiliser. The minimum content of nutrients in that fertiliser is 9 % calcium oxide.
(4)Ca-IDHA is a fertiliser providing plants with the macronutrient calcium. When assessing the conditions for its inclusion in Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003, this type of EC fertilisers has been found to be agronomically efficient. Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 should be amended to take into account the technical development occurring after its adoption and thus the minimum content of calcium oxide in straight solid inorganic macronutrient fertilisers should be lowered from 12 % to 9 %. Lowering the minimum content of calcium oxide would introduce this type of fertiliser in the scope of the harmonisation rules and thus facilitate its free movement in the single market. This adaptation is linked to the agronomic efficiency criteria of the fertilisers, and is not lowering the high standards of protection of human health and of the environment laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/1009.
(5)Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 should therefore be amended accordingly,
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In Part II, in PFC 1(C)(I)(a)(i), point 2, of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, point (e) is replaced by the following:
(e)9 % by mass of total calcium oxide (CaO),’.
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