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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-G./division-G.1.",
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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/G./division/G.1.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "G.1",
  "heading": "Natural Limes",
  "text": "No\nType designation\nData on method of production and essential ingredients\nMinimum content of nutrients (percentage by weight) Data on the expression of nutrients Other requirements\nOther data on the type designation\nNutrient content to be declared Forms and solubilities of the nutrients Other criteria to be declared\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n1(a)\nLimestone — standard quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredient calcium carbonate, obtained by grinding of natural deposits of limestone.\nMinimum neutralising value: 42\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve;\nat least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve; and\nat least 50 % to pass through a 0,5 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium (optional)\nReactivity and method of determination (optional)\nMoisture (optional)\nFineness determined by wet sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n1(b)\nLimestone — fine quality\nMinimum neutralising value: 50\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve;\nat least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve;\nat least 50 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve; and\nat least 30 % to pass through a 0,1 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\n2(a)\nMagnesian limestone — standard quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredients calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, obtained by grinding of natural deposits of magnesian limestone.\nMinimum neutralising value: 45\nTotal magnesium: 3 % MgO\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve;\nat least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve; and\nat least 50 % to pass through a 0,5 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium\nReactivity and method of determination (optional)\nMoisture (optional)\nFineness determined by wet sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n2(b)\nMagnesian limestone — fine quality\nMinimum neutralising value: 52\nTotal magnesium: 3 % MgO\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve;\nat least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve;\nat least 50 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve; and\nat least 30 % to pass through a 0,1 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\n3(a)\nDolomitic limestone — standard quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredients calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, obtained by grinding of natural deposits of dolomite.\nMinimum neutralising value: 48\nTotal magnesium: 12 % MgO\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve;\nat least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve; and\nat least 50 % to pass through a 0,5 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium\nReactivity and method of determination (optional)\nMoisture (optional)\nFineness determined by wet sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n3(b)\nDolomitic limestone — fine quality\nMinimum neutralising value: 54\nTotal magnesium: 12 % MgO\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve;\nat least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve;\nat least 50 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve; and\nat least 30 % to pass through a 0,1 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\n4(a)\nMarine limestone — standard quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredient calcium carbonate, obtained by grinding of natural deposits of limestone of marine origin.\nMinimum neutralising value: 30\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve; and\nat least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium (optional)\nReactivity and method of determination (optional)\nMoisture (optional)\nFineness determined by wet sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n4(b)\nMarine limestone — fine quality\nMinimum neutralising value: 40\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve; and\nat least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\n5(a)\nChalk — standard quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredient calcium carbonate, obtained by grinding of natural deposits of chalk.\nFineness determined by wet sieving after disintegration in water:\nat least 90 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve;\nat least 70 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve; and\nat least 40 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve.\nReactivity of fraction 1-2 mm (obtained by dry sieving) at least 40 % in citric acid\nMinimum neutralising value: 42\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 25 mm sieve; and\nat least 30 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium (optional)\nReactivity and method of determination (optional)\nMoisture (optional)\nFineness determined by wet sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n5(b)\nChalk — fine quality\nFineness determined by wet sieving after disintegration in water:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 3,15 mm sieve;\nat least 70 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve; and\nat least 50 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve.\nReactivity of fraction 1-2 mm (obtained by dry sieving) at least 65 % in citric acid\nMinimum neutralising value: 48\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 25 mm sieve; and\nat least 30 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\n6\nCarbonate suspension\nProduct 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.\nMinimum neutralising value: 35\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 2 mm sieve;\nat least 80 % to pass through a 1 mm sieve;\nat least 50 % to pass through a 0,315 mm sieve; and\nat least 30 % to pass through a 0,1 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium if MgO ≥ 3 %\nMoisture (optional)\nReactivity and method of determination (optional)\nFineness determined by wet sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)."
    }
  ],
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