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Division 13 Ammonium nitrate (5 000 / 10 000): fertilisers capable of self-sustaining decomposition

United Kingdom

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This applies to ammonium nitrate-based compound/composite fertilisers (compound/composite fertilisers contain ammonium nitrate with phosphate and/or potash) which are capable of self-sustaining decomposition according to the UN Trough Test (see UN Manual of Tests and Criteria, Part III, subsection 38.2), and in which the nitrogen content as a result of ammonium nitrate is

  • between 15,75 %f1 and 24,5 %f2 by weight, and either with not more than 0,4 % total combustible/organic materials or which fulfil the requirements of Annex III-2 to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisersf3,

  • 15,75 % by weight or less and unrestricted combustible materials.

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Footnotes

f1

15,75 % nitrogen content by weight as a result of ammonium nitrate corresponds to 45 % ammonium nitrate.

f2

24,5 % nitrogen content by weight as a result of ammonium nitrate corresponds to 70 % ammonium nitrate.

f3

OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1.