. /. WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EEC/64 
8 June 2004 
 (04-2474) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
European Commission, 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point, Fax:  0032 2 299 80 43, 
E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:    
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where app licable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   EDDHSA and triple 
superphosphate fertilisers 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Regulation adapting for the first time Annex 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 relating to 
fertilisers (EDDHSA and triple superphosphate ).  (3 pages, available in English) 
6. Description of content:   Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers provides that a fertiliser belonging to a type of fertiliser listed in Annex 1 thereto a nd complying with the conditions laid down in 
that Regulation may be designated “EC FERTILISER”.  The Regulation also provides that Annex 1 may be adapted to technical progress or  that new types of fertiliser may be added 
to Annex 1 by a regulatory committee procedure.  This draft Commission Regulation makes 
two changes to Annex 1.  First, it adapts th e entry of Triple superphosphate (TSP), already 
listed in table A2 of Annex 1 among the phosphatic fertilisers, by reducing its minimum water solubility.  Secondly, it adds the s odium salt of EDDHSA and its condensation 
products to the list of authorised organic chela ting agents for micro-nutrients in Annex I to 
Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The objective is to adapt the entry of Triple s uperphosphate as a phospha tic fertiliser and to 
include EDDHSA as a new EC fertiliser 
8. Relevant documents:   - G/TBT/N/EEC/64 
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9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   September 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
European Commission, 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point, Fax:  0032 2 299 80 43, E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int 
 