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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-E./division-E.1./division-E.1.3.",
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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.1.3.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "E.1.3",
  "heading": "Copper",
  "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\n3a\nCopper salt\nChemically obtained product containing a mineral salt of copper as its essential ingredient\n20 % water-soluble Cu\nThe designation must include the name of the mineral anion\nWater-soluble copper (Cu)\n3b\nCopper oxide\nChemically obtained product containing copper oxide as its essential ingredient\n70 % total Cu\nParticle size: at least 98 % passing through a 0,063 mm sieve\nTotal copper (Cu)\n3c\nCopper hydroxide\nChemically obtained product containing copper hydroxide as its essential ingredient\n45 % total Cu\nParticle size: at least 98 % passing through a 0,063 mm sieve\nTotal copper (Cu)\n3d\nCopper chelate\nWater-soluble product containing copper chemically combined with authorised chelating agent(s)\n5 % of water-soluble copper and at least 80 % of the water-soluble copper is chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)\nName of each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble copper and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nWater-soluble copper (Cu)\nOptional: Total copper (Cu) chelated by authorised chelating agents\nCopper (Cu) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble copper and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\n3e\nCopper-based fertiliser\nProduct obtained by mixing types 3a and/or 3b and/or 3c and/or a single one of type 3d and, if required, filler that is neither nutrient nor toxic\n5 % total Cu\nThe designation must include:\n(1)the name(s) of the copper components;\n(2)the name of any chelating agent if present\nTotal copper (Cu)\nWater-soluble copper (Cu) if this accounts for at least 1/4 of the total copper\nChelated copper (Cu) if present\n3f\nCopper fertiliser solution\nAqueous solution of types 3a and/or 3d or 3i\n2 % water-soluble Cu\nWhen types 3a and 3i are mixed, the complexed fraction must be at least 40 % of the water-soluble Cu\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 copper 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\nWater-soluble copper (Cu)\nCopper (Cu) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble copper and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nCopper (Cu) complexed by the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard\nOptional: Total copper (Cu) chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)\n3g\nCopper oxychloride\nChemically obtained product containing copper oxychloride [Cu2Cl(OH)3] as an essential ingredient\n50 % total Cu\nParticle size: at least 98 % passing through a 0,063 mm sieve\nTotal copper (Cu)\n3h\nCopper fertiliser in suspension\nProduct obtained by suspending types 3a and/or 3b and/or 3c and/or 3d and/or 3g in water\n17 % total Cu\nThe designation must include:\n(1)the name(s) of the anions, if present\n(2)the name of any authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble copper if present and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nTotal copper (Cu)\nWater-soluble copper (Cu) if present\nCopper (Cu) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble copper and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\n3i\nCopper complex\nWater-soluble product containing copper chemically combined with one authorised complexing agent\n5 % of water-soluble Cu and the complexed fraction must be at least 80 % of the water-soluble copper\nThe designation must include the name of the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard\nWater-soluble copper (Cu)\nTotal copper (Cu) 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)."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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