Regulation 5 General provisions relating to identification, marking, labelling and packaging of EC fertilisersI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Any manufacturer who places on the market a fertiliser designated as an EC fertiliser shall be guilty of an offence unless the identification markings relating to it—

(a)

are borne as specified in Article 9(1);

(b)

comply with Article 9(2);

(c)

include a declaration of contents as specified in Article 6(1)(a) and (d), (4), (5) and (6);

(d)

include the additional instructions called for by Article 9(3) if it is a fluid fertiliser; and

(e)

have been provided as specified in Article 7(1).

(2)

Any manufacturer who places on the market a packaged fertiliser designated as an EC fertiliser shall be guilty of an offence unless—

(a)

the identification markings appear as specified in the first sentence of Article 7(2);

(b)

the packaging and labelling of the fertiliser complies with Article 10(1) and (2);

(c)

the packaging complies with Article 12; and

(d)

the language in which the identification markings appear complies with Article 11.

(3)

Any manufacturer who places on the market a bulk fertiliser designated as an EC fertiliser shall be guilty of an offence unless—

(a)

the identification markings appear as specified in the second sentence of Article 7(2);

(b)

a copy of the documents containing them meets the requirements of Article 10(3); and

(c)

the language in which the identification markings appear complies with Article 11.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in operation at 1.2.2007, see reg. 1

Notes on the whole SR

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Regulations substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6, 8-10