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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-E./division-E.1./division-E.1.7.",
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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.1.7.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "E.1.7",
  "heading": "Zinc",
  "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\n7a\nZinc salt\nChemically obtained product and having as its essential ingredient a mineral salt of zinc\n15 % water-soluble Zn\nThe designation must include the name of the mineral anion\nWater-soluble zinc (Zn)\n7b\nZinc chelate\nWater-soluble product containing zinc chemically combined with authorised chelating agent(s)\n5 % of water-soluble zinc and at least 80 % of the water-soluble zinc is chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)\nName of each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble zinc and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nWater-soluble zinc (Zn)\nOptional: Total zinc (Zn) chelated by authorised chelating agents\nZinc (Zn) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble zinc and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\n7c\nZinc oxide\nChemically obtained product and having as its essential ingredient zinc oxide\n70 % total Zn\nParticle size: at least 80 % passing through a 0,063 mm sieve\nTotal zinc (Zn)\n7d\nZinc-based fertiliser\nProduct obtained by mixing types 7a and 7c\n30 % total Zn\nThe designation must include the name of the zinc components present\nTotal zinc (Zn)\nWater-soluble zinc (Zn) if this accounts for at least 1/4 of the total zinc (Zn)\n7e\nZinc fertiliser solution\nAqueous solution of types 7a and/or 7b or 7g\n2 % water-soluble Zn\nWhen types 7a and 7g are mixed, the complexed fraction must be at least 40 % of the water-soluble Zn\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 zinc 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 zinc (Zn)\nZinc (Zn) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble zinc and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nZinc (Zn) complexed by the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard\nOptional: total zinc (Zn) chelated by authorised chelating agent(s)\n7f\nZinc fertiliser suspension\nProduct obtained by suspending type 7(a) and/or 7(c) and/or types 7(b) in water\n20 % total zinc\nThe designation must include:\n(1)the name(s) of the anions\n(2)the name of any authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble zinc if present and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\nTotal zinc (Zn)\nWater-soluble zinc (Zn) if present\nZinc (Zn) chelated by each authorised chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble zinc and that can be identified and quantified by a recognised standard\n7g\nZinc complex\nWater-soluble product containing zinc chemically combined with one authorised complexing agent\n5 % of water-soluble zinc and the complexed fraction must be at least 80 % of the water-soluble zinc\nThe designation must include the name of the authorised complexing agent that can be identified by a recognised standard\nWater-soluble zinc (Zn)\nTotal zinc (Zn) 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 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": "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)."
    }
  ],
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