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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-E./division-E.1./division-E.1.4.",
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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.1.4.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "E.1.4",
  "heading": "Iron",
  "text": "No\nType designation\nData on method of production and essential ingredients\nMinimum content of nutrients (percentage by weight) Data on the expression of nutrients Other requirements\nOther data on the type of designation\nNutrient content to be declared Forms and solubilities of the nutrients Other criteria\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n4a\nIron salt\nChemically obtained product containing a mineral iron salt as its essential ingredient\n12 % water-soluble Fe\nThe designation must include the name of the mineral anion\nWater-soluble iron (Fe)\n4b\nIron chelate\nWater-soluble product containing iron chemically combined with authorised chelating agent(s)\n5 % 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)\nName of each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble iron and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nWater-soluble iron (Fe)\nOptional: Total iron (Fe) chelated by authorised chelating agents\nIron (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\n4c\nIron fertiliser solution\nAqueous solution of types 4a and/or 4b or 4d\n2 % water-soluble Fe\nWhen types 4a and 4d are mixed, the complexed fraction must be at least 40 % of the water-soluble Fe\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 iron 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 iron (Fe)\nIron (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\nIron (Fe) complexed by the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard\nOptional: total iron (Fe) chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)\n4d\nIron complex\nWater-soluble product containing iron chemically combined with one authorised complexing agent\n5 % of water-soluble Fe and the complexed fraction must be at least 80 % of the water-soluble iron\nThe designation must include the name of the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard\nWater-soluble iron (Fe)\nTotal iron (Fe) complexed",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "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": "F3",
      "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": "F4",
      "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": "F5",
      "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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