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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-E./division-E.2./division-E.2.4.",
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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.2./division/E.2.4.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "E.2.4",
  "heading": "Solid or fluid mixtures of micro-nutrient fertilisers",
  "text": "No\nType designation\nData on method of production and essential requirements\nMinimum content of nutrients (percentage by weight) Data on expression of nutrients Other requirements\nOther data on the type designation\nNutrient content to be declared Forms and solubilities of the micro-nutrients Other criteria\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n1\nMixture of micro-nutrients\nProduct obtained by mixing two or more E.1 types of fertiliser or obtained by dissolving and/or suspending two or more E.1 types of fertiliser in water\n(1)5 % total content for a solid mixture\nor\n(2)2 % total content for a fluid mixture\nIndividual micro-nutrients according to Section E.2.1\nName of each micronutrient and its chemical symbol present listed in alphabetical order of their chemical symbols followed by the name(s) of its counter-ion(s) immediately after the type designation.\nTotal content of each micro-nutrient expressed as percentage of the fertiliser by mass, except where a micro-nutrient is totally water-soluble.\nWater-soluble content of each micro-nutrient expressed as percentage of the fertiliser by mass where the soluble content is at least half of the total content. Where a micro-nutrient is totally water-soluble, only the water-soluble content shall be declared.\nWhere a micro-nutrient is chemically linked with an organic molecule, the micro-nutrient shall be declared immediately following the water-soluble content as a percentage of the fertiliser by mass, followed by one of the terms ‘chelated by’ or ‘complexed by’ with the name of each authorised chelating or complexing agent(s) as set out in Section E.3. The name of the organic molecule may be replaced by its initials.\nThe following statement below the compulsory and optional declarations: ‘To be used only where there is a recognised need. Do not exceed the appropriate dose rate’.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "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": "F2",
      "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)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/2003/division/E./division/E.2./division/E.2.4.",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:51.297977+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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