Division E.1.2 Cobalt

No	Type designation	Data on method of production and essential ingredients	Minimum content of nutrients (percentage by weight)Data on the expression of nutrientsOther requirements	Other data on the type of designation	Nutrient content to be declaredForms and solubilities of the nutrientsOther criteria
1	2	3	4	5	6
2a	Cobalt salt	Chemically obtained product containing a mineral salt of cobalt as its essential ingredient	19 % water-soluble Co	The designation must include the name of the mineral anion	Water-soluble cobalt (Co)
F12b	Cobalt chelate	Water-soluble product containing cobalt chemically combined with authorised chelating agent(s)	5 % of water-soluble cobalt and at least 80 % of the water-soluble cobalt is chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)	Name of each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble cobalt and that can be identified and quantified by a F2recognised standard	Water-soluble cobalt (Co) Optional: Total cobalt (Co) chelated by authorised chelating agents Cobalt (Co) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble cobalt and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard
F32c	Cobalt fertiliser solution	Aqueous solution of types 2a and/or 2b or 2d	2 % water-soluble Co When types 2a and 2d are mixed, the complexed fraction must be at least 40 % of the water-soluble Co	The designation must include: (1) the name(s) of the mineral anion(s), if present (2) the name of any authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble cobalt if present and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard or the name of the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard, if present	Water-soluble cobalt (Co) Cobalt (Co) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble cobalt and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard Cobalt (Co) complexed by the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard Optional: total cobalt (Co) chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)
F42d	Cobalt complex	Water-soluble product containing cobalt chemically combined with one authorised complexing agent	5 % of water-soluble Co and the complexed fraction must be at least 80 % of the water-soluble cobalt	The designation must include the name of the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard	Water-soluble cobalt (Co) Total cobalt (Co) complexed

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 137/2011 of 16 February 2011 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).
F2: 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)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: 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).
F4: Inserted 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).

Notes on Attachment

Textual amendments

F1: 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)