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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-E./division-E.1./division-E.1.2.",
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  "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.1.2.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "E.1.2",
  "heading": "Cobalt",
  "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\n2a\nCobalt salt\nChemically obtained product containing a mineral salt of cobalt as its essential ingredient\n19 % water-soluble Co\nThe designation must include the name of the mineral anion\nWater-soluble cobalt (Co)\n2b\nCobalt chelate\nWater-soluble product containing cobalt chemically combined with authorised chelating agent(s)\n5 % of water-soluble cobalt and at least 80 % of the water-soluble cobalt is chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)\nName of each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble cobalt and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nWater-soluble cobalt (Co)\nOptional: Total cobalt (Co) chelated by authorised chelating agents\nCobalt (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\n2c\nCobalt fertiliser solution\nAqueous solution of types 2a and/or 2b or 2d\n2 % water-soluble Co\nWhen types 2a and 2d are mixed, the complexed fraction must be at least 40 % of the water-soluble Co\nThe designation must include:\n(1)the name(s) of the mineral anion(s), if present\n(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\nor\nthe name of the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard, if present\nWater-soluble cobalt (Co)\nCobalt (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\nCobalt (Co) complexed by the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard\nOptional: total cobalt (Co) chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)\n2d\nCobalt complex\nWater-soluble product containing cobalt chemically combined with one authorised complexing agent\n5 % of water-soluble Co and the complexed fraction must be at least 80 % of the water-soluble cobalt\nThe designation must include the name of the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard\nWater-soluble cobalt (Co)\nTotal cobalt (Co) complexed",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "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)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "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."
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