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15 July 2022  
(22-5398) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fertilising 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending R egulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the minimum content of calcium oxide in straight 
solid inorganic macronutrient fertilisers; (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The minimum content of calcium  oxide in straight solid 
macronutrient fertilisers is lowered from 12% to 9%.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The amendment is needed to take into account changes to Regulation (EC) 
No 2003/2003 on EC Fertilisers after the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 on EU 
fertilising products. The EU legislation has inter alia the objectives of achieving a high 
level of  protection of human, animal and plant health, safety and the environment. This 
draft measure would facilitate the access to the single market of fertilisers by lowering 
the minimum required content of calcium oxide; Protection of human health or safety; 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
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 fertili sing products 
available here:  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/1009/oj  
Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1666 of 10 November 2020 amending Regulation (EC) 
No 2003/2003 of the European Parli ament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the 
purpose of including a new type of EC fertiliser in Annex I, available here:  
EUR-Lex - 32020R1666 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 September 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_4682_00_e.pdf  
 