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Division G.2 Oxide and Hydroxide limes of natural originF1

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)	Burnt lime — basic quality	Product containing as its essential ingredient calcium oxide obtained by burning of natural deposits of limestone.	Minimum neutralising value: 75 Fineness determined by dry sieving: Fine: at least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve. Screened: at least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and no more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.	The type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’. Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.	Neutralising value Total calcium Total magnesium (optional) Fineness determined by dry sieving (optional) Soil incubation results (optional)
1(b)	Burnt lime — premium quality	Product containing as its essential ingredient calcium oxide obtained by burning of natural deposits of limestone.	Minimum neutralising value: 85 Fineness determined by dry sieving: Fine: at least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve. Screened: at least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and no more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.	The type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’. Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.	Neutralising value Total calcium Total magnesium (optional) Fineness determined by dry sieving (optional) Soil incubation results (optional)
2(a)	Magnesian burnt lime — basic quality	Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, obtained by burning of natural deposits of magnesian limestone.	Minimum neutralising value: 80 Total Magnesium: 7 % MgO Fineness determined by dry sieving: Fine: at least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve. Screened: at least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and no more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.	The type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’. Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.	Neutralising value Total calcium Total magnesium Fineness determined by dry sieving (optional) Soil incubation results (optional)
2(b)	Magnesian burnt lime — premium quality	Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, obtained by burning of natural deposits of magnesian limestone.	Minimum neutralising value: 85 Total Magnesium: 7 % MgO Fineness determined by dry sieving: Fine: at least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve. Screened: at least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and no more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.	The type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’. Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.	Neutralising value Total calcium Total magnesium Fineness determined by dry sieving (optional) Soil incubation results (optional)
3(a)	Dolomitic burnt lime — basic quality	Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, obtained by burning of natural deposits of dolomite.	Minimum neutralising value: 85 Total Magnesium: 17 % MgO Fineness determined by dry sieving: Fine: at least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve. Screened: at least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and no more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.	The type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’. Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.	Neutralising value Total calcium Total magnesium Fineness determined by dry sieving (optional) Soil incubation results (optional)
3(b)	Dolomitic burnt lime — premium quality	Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, obtained by burning of natural deposits of dolomite.	Minimum neutralising value: 95 Total Magnesium: 17 % MgO Fineness determined by dry sieving: Fine: at least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve. Screened: at least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and no more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.	The type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’. Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.	Neutralising value Total calcium Total magnesium Fineness determined by dry sieving (optional) Soil incubation results (optional)
4	Hydrated burnt lime (slaked lime)	Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium hydroxide, obtained by burning and slaking of natural deposits of limestone.	Minimum neutralising value: 65 Fineness determined by wet sieving: at least 95 % to pass through a 0,16 mm sieve.	Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.	Neutralising value Total calcium Total magnesium (optional) Fineness determined by wet sieving (optional) Moisture (optional) Soil incubation results (optional)
5	Hydrated magnesian burnt lime (slaked magnesian lime)	Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide, obtained by burning and slaking of natural deposits of magnesian limestone.	Minimum neutralising value: 70 Total Magnesium: 5 % MgO Fineness determined by wet sieving: at least 95 % to pass through a 0,16 mm sieve.	Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.	Neutralising value Total calcium Total magnesium Fineness determined by wet sieving (optional) Moisture (optional) Soil incubation results (optional)
6	Hydrated dolomitic burnt lime	Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide, obtained by burning and slaking, of natural deposits of dolomite.	Minimum neutralising value: 70 Total Magnesium: 12 % MgO Fineness determined by wet sieving: at least 95 % to pass through a 0,16 mm sieve.	Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.	Neutralising value Total calcium Total magnesium Fineness determined by wet sieving (optional) Moisture (optional) Soil incubation results (optional)
7	Hydrated lime suspension	Product containing as its essential ingredients calcium hydroxide and/or magnesium hydroxide, obtained by burning, slaking and suspending in water of natural deposits of limestone, magnesian limestone or dolomite.	Minimum neutralising value: 20 Fineness determined by wet sieving: at least 95 % to pass through a 0,16 mm sieve.	Usual trade names or alternative names may be added.	Neutralising value Total calcium Total magnesium if MgO ≥ 3 % Moisture (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)