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Division G.1 Natural LimesF1

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No Type designation Data on method of production and essential ingredients Minimum content of nutrients (percentage by weight) Data on the expression of nutrients Other requirements Other data on the type designation Nutrient content to be declared Forms and solubilities of the nutrients Other criteria to be declared
1 2 3 4 5 6
1(a) Limestone — standard quality Product containing as its essential ingredient calcium carbonate, obtained by grinding of natural deposits of limestone.

Minimum neutralising value: 42

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve;

  • at least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve; and

  • at least 50 % to pass through a 0,5 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.

Neutralising value

Total calcium

Total magnesium (optional)

Reactivity and method of determination (optional)

Moisture (optional)

Fineness determined by wet sieving (optional)

Soil incubation results (optional)

1(b) Limestone — fine quality

Minimum neutralising value: 50

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve;

  • at least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve;

  • at least 50 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve; and

  • at least 30 % to pass through a 0,1 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.
2(a) Magnesian limestone — standard quality Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, obtained by grinding of natural deposits of magnesian limestone.

Minimum neutralising value: 45

Total magnesium: 3 % MgO

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve;

  • at least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve; and

  • at least 50 % to pass through a 0,5 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.

Neutralising value

Total calcium

Total magnesium

Reactivity and method of determination (optional)

Moisture (optional)

Fineness determined by wet sieving (optional)

Soil incubation results (optional)

2(b) Magnesian limestone — fine quality

Minimum neutralising value: 52

Total magnesium: 3 % MgO

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve;

  • at least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve;

  • at least 50 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve; and

  • at least 30 % to pass through a 0,1 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.
3(a) Dolomitic limestone — standard quality Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, obtained by grinding of natural deposits of dolomite.

Minimum neutralising value: 48

Total magnesium: 12 % MgO

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve;

  • at least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve; and

  • at least 50 % to pass through a 0,5 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.

Neutralising value

Total calcium

Total magnesium

Reactivity and method of determination (optional)

Moisture (optional)

Fineness determined by wet sieving (optional)

Soil incubation results (optional)

3(b) Dolomitic limestone — fine quality

Minimum neutralising value: 54

Total magnesium: 12 % MgO

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve;

  • at least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve;

  • at least 50 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve; and

  • at least 30 % to pass through a 0,1 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.
4(a) Marine limestone — standard quality Product containing as its essential ingredient calcium carbonate, obtained by grinding of natural deposits of limestone of marine origin.

Minimum neutralising value: 30

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve; and

  • at least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.

Neutralising value

Total calcium

Total magnesium (optional)

Reactivity and method of determination (optional)

Moisture (optional)

Fineness determined by wet sieving (optional)

Soil incubation results (optional)

4(b) Marine limestone — fine quality

Minimum neutralising value: 40

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve; and

  • at least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.
5(a) Chalk — standard quality Product containing as its essential ingredient calcium carbonate, obtained by grinding of natural deposits of chalk.

Fineness determined by wet sieving after disintegration in water:

  • at least 90 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve;

  • at least 70 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve; and

  • at least 40 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve.

Reactivity of fraction 1-2 mm (obtained by dry sieving) at least 40 % in citric acid

Minimum neutralising value: 42

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 25 mm sieve; and

  • at least 30 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.

Neutralising value

Total calcium

Total magnesium (optional)

Reactivity and method of determination (optional)

Moisture (optional)

Fineness determined by wet sieving (optional)

Soil incubation results (optional)

5(b) Chalk — fine quality

Fineness determined by wet sieving after disintegration in water:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve;

  • at least 70 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve; and

  • at least 50 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve.

Reactivity of fraction 1-2 mm (obtained by dry sieving) at least 65 % in citric acid

Minimum neutralising value: 48

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 25 mm sieve; and

  • at least 30 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.
6 Carbonate suspension Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium carbonate and/or magnesium carbonate, obtained by grinding and suspending in water of natural deposits of limestone, magnesian limestone, dolomite or chalk.

Minimum neutralising value: 35

Fineness determined by wet sieving:

  • at least 97 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve;

  • at least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve;

  • at least 50 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve; and

  • at least 30 % to pass through a 0,1 mm sieve.

 Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.

Neutralising value

Total calcium

Total magnesium if MgO ≥ 3 %

Moisture (optional)

Reactivity and method of determination (optional)

Fineness determined by wet sieving (optional)

Soil incubation results (optional)

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 463/2013 of 17 May 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes of adapting Annexes I, II and IV thereto to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance).

Notes on Attachment

Textual amendments

F1

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)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Division G

Textual amendments

F2

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)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)