{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-E./division-E.1./division-E.1.1.",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-E./division-E.1./division-E.1.1..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": "division/E./division/E.1./division/E.1.1.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "E.1.1",
  "heading": "Boron",
  "text": "No\nType designation\nData on method of production and essential ingredients\nMinimum content of nutrients (percentage by weight)Data on the expression of nutrientsOther requirements\nOther data on the type of designation\nNutrient content to be declaredForms and solubilities of the nutrientsOther criteria\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n1a\nBoric acid\nProduct obtained by the action of an acid on a borate\n14 % water-soluble B\nThe usual trade names may be added\nWater-soluble boron (B)\n1b\nSodium borate\nChemically obtained product containing as its essential component a sodium borate\n10 % water-soluble B\nThe usual trade names may be added\nWater-soluble boron (B)\n1c\nCalcium borate\nProduct obtained from colemanite or pandermite containing as its essential ingredient calcium borates\n7 % total B\nParticle size: at least 98 % passing through a 0,063 mm sieve\nThe usual trade names may be added\nTotal boron (B)\n1d\nBoron ethanol amine\nProduct obtained by reacting a boric acid with an ethanol amine\n8 % water-soluble B\nWater-soluble boron (B)\n1e\nBorated fertiliser in solution\nProduct obtained by dissolving types 1a and/or 1b and/or 1d\n2 % water-soluble B\nThe designation must include the names of the constituents present\nWater-soluble boron (B)\n1f\nBorated fertiliser in suspension\nProduct obtained by suspending types 1a and/or 1b and/or 1c and/or 1d in water\n2 % total B\nThe designation must include the names of the constituents present\nTotal boron (B)\nWater-soluble boron (B) if present",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 223/2012 of 14 March 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes of adapting Annexes I and IV thereto to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/2003/division/E./division/E.1./division/E.1.1.",
    "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."
}