{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2003/2003",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Declaration of secondary nutrients in primary nutrient fertilisers",
  "text": "Calcium, magnesium, sodium and sulphur content may be declared as secondary nutrient content of UK fertilisers belonging to the types of fertiliser listed in sections A, B and C of Annex I, provided that these elements are present in at least the following minimum quantities:\n(a)2 % calcium oxide (CaO), i.e. 1,4 % Ca;\n(b)2 % of magnesium oxide (MgO), i.e. 1,2 % Mg;\n(c)3 % of sodium oxide (Na2O), i.e. 2,2 % Na;\n(d)5 % of sulphur trioxide (SO3), i.e. 2 % S.\nIn such a case, the additional marking specified in Article 19(2)(ii) shall be added to the type designation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Regulation substituted (31.12.2020) by The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/601), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/2003/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:51.297977+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}