# Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers (Text with EEA relevance), Division E.2.4: Solid or fluid mixtures of micro-nutrient fertilisers


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Type designation
Data on method of production and essential requirements
Minimum content of nutrients (percentage by weight) Data on expression of nutrients Other requirements
Other data on the type designation
Nutrient content to be declared Forms and solubilities of the micro-nutrients Other criteria
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1
Mixture of micro-nutrients
Product 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
(1)5 % total content for a solid mixture
or
(2)2 % total content for a fluid mixture
Individual micro-nutrients according to Section E.2.1
Name 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.
Total content of each micro-nutrient expressed as percentage of the fertiliser by mass, except where a micro-nutrient is totally water-soluble.
Water-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.
Where 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.
The 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’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/2003/division/E./division/E.2./division/E.2.4. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-E./division-E.2./division-E.2.4.
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