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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-E./division-E.1./division-E.1.5.",
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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.1.5.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "E.1.5",
  "heading": "Manganese",
  "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\n5a\nManganese salt\nChemically obtained product containing a mineral manganese salt (Mn II) as its essential ingredient\n17 % water-soluble Mn\nThe designation must include the name of the combined anion\nWater-soluble manganese (Mn)\n5b\nManganese chelate\nWater-soluble product containing manganese chemically combined with authorised chelating agent(s)\n5 % of water-soluble manganese and at least 80 % of the water-soluble manganese is chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)\nName of each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble manganese and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nWater-soluble manganese (Mn)\nOptional: Total manganese (Mn) chelated by authorised chelating agents\nManganese (Mn) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble manganese and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\n5c\nManganese oxide\nChemically obtained product containing manganese oxides as essential ingredients\n40 % total Mn\nParticle size: at least 80 % passing through a 0,063 mm sieve\nTotal manganese (Mn)\n5d\nManganese-based fertiliser\nProduct obtained by mixing types 5a and 5c\n17 % total Mn\nThe designation must include the name of the manganese components\nTotal manganese (Mn)\nWater-soluble manganese (Mn) if this accounts for at least 1/4 of the total manganese\n5e\nManganese fertiliser solution\nAqueous solution of types 5a and/or 5b or 5g\n2 % water-soluble Mn\nWhen types 5a and 5g are mixed, the complexed fraction must be at least 40 % of the water-soluble Mn\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 manganese 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 manganese (Mn)\nManganese (Mn) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble manganese and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nManganese (Mn) complexed by the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard\nOptional: total manganese (Mn) chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)\n5f\nManganese fertiliser in suspension\nProduct obtained by suspending types 5a and/or 5b and/or 5c in water\n17 % total Mn\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 manganese if present and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nTotal manganese (Mn)\nWater-soluble manganese (Mn) if present\nManganese (Mn) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble manganese and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\n5g\nManganese complex\nWater-soluble product containing manganese chemically combined with one authorised complexing agent\n5 % of water-soluble Mn and the complexed fraction must be at least at least 80 % of the water-soluble manganese\nThe designation must include the name of the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard\nWater-soluble manganese (Mn)\nTotal manganese (Mn) 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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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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