Division E.1.4 IronF1

No	Type designation	Data on method of production and essential ingredients	Minimum content of nutrients (percentage by weight) Data on the expression of nutrients Other requirements	Other data on the type of designation	Nutrient content to be declared Forms and solubilities of the nutrients Other criteria
1	2	3	4	5	6
4a	Iron salt	Chemically obtained product containing a mineral iron salt as its essential ingredient	12 % water-soluble Fe	The designation must include the name of the mineral anion	Water-soluble iron (Fe)
F24b	Iron chelate	Water-soluble product containing iron chemically combined with authorised chelating agent(s)	5 % of water-soluble iron, of which the chelated fraction is at least 80 % and at least 50 % of the water-soluble iron is chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)	Name of each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble iron and that can be identified and quantified by a F3recognised standard	Water-soluble iron (Fe) Optional: Total iron (Fe) chelated by authorised chelating agents Iron (Fe) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble iron and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard
F44c	Iron fertiliser solution	Aqueous solution of types 4a and/or 4b or 4d	2 % water-soluble Fe When types 4a and 4d are mixed, the complexed fraction must be at least 40 % of the water-soluble Fe	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 iron 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	Water-soluble iron (Fe) Iron (Fe) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble iron and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard Iron (Fe) complexed by the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard Optional: total iron (Fe) chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)
F54d	Iron complex	Water-soluble product containing iron chemically combined with one authorised complexing agent	5 % of water-soluble Fe and the complexed fraction must be at least 80 % of the water-soluble iron	The designation must include the name of the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard	Water-soluble iron (Fe) Total iron (Fe) complexed

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 162/2007 of 19 February 2007 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: 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).
F3: 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)
F4: 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).
F5: 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)