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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2003/division-G./division-G.2.",
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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.2.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "G.2",
  "heading": "Oxide and Hydroxide limes of natural origin",
  "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)\nBurnt lime — basic quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredient calcium oxide obtained by burning of natural deposits of limestone.\nMinimum neutralising value: 75\nFineness determined by dry sieving:\nFine:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve.\nScreened:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and\nno more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.\nThe type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium (optional)\nFineness determined by dry sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n1(b)\nBurnt lime — premium quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredient calcium oxide obtained by burning of natural deposits of limestone.\nMinimum neutralising value: 85\nFineness determined by dry sieving:\nFine:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve.\nScreened:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and\nno more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.\nThe type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium (optional)\nFineness determined by dry sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n2(a)\nMagnesian burnt lime — basic quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredients calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, obtained by burning of natural deposits of magnesian limestone.\nMinimum neutralising value: 80\nTotal Magnesium: 7 % MgO\nFineness determined by dry sieving:\nFine:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve.\nScreened:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and\nno more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.\nThe type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium\nFineness determined by dry sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n2(b)\nMagnesian burnt lime — premium quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredients calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, obtained by burning of natural deposits of magnesian limestone.\nMinimum neutralising value: 85\nTotal Magnesium: 7 % MgO\nFineness determined by dry sieving:\nFine:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve.\nScreened:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and\nno more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.\nThe type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium\nFineness determined by dry sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n3(a)\nDolomitic burnt lime — basic quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredients calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, obtained by burning of natural deposits of dolomite.\nMinimum neutralising value: 85\nTotal Magnesium: 17 % MgO\nFineness determined by dry sieving:\nFine:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve.\nScreened:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and\nno more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.\nThe type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium\nFineness determined by dry sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n3(b)\nDolomitic burnt lime — premium quality\nProduct containing as its essential ingredients calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, obtained by burning of natural deposits of dolomite.\nMinimum neutralising value: 95\nTotal Magnesium: 17 % MgO\nFineness determined by dry sieving:\nFine:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 4 mm sieve.\nScreened:\nat least 97 % to pass through a 8 mm sieve; and\nno more than 5 % to pass through a 0,4 mm sieve.\nThe type designation must include the fineness type ‘fine’ or ‘screened’.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium\nFineness determined by dry sieving (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n4\nHydrated burnt lime (slaked lime)\nProduct containing as its essential ingredients calcium hydroxide, obtained by burning and slaking of natural deposits of limestone.\nMinimum neutralising value: 65\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 95 % to pass through a 0,16 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium (optional)\nFineness determined by wet sieving (optional)\nMoisture (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n5\nHydrated magnesian burnt lime (slaked magnesian lime)\nProduct containing as its essential ingredients calcium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide, obtained by burning and slaking of natural deposits of magnesian limestone.\nMinimum neutralising value: 70\nTotal Magnesium: 5 % MgO\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 95 % to pass through a 0,16 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium\nFineness determined by wet sieving (optional)\nMoisture (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n6\nHydrated dolomitic burnt lime\nProduct containing as its essential ingredients calcium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide, obtained by burning and slaking, of natural deposits of dolomite.\nMinimum neutralising value: 70\nTotal Magnesium: 12 % MgO\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 95 % to pass through a 0,16 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium\nFineness determined by wet sieving (optional)\nMoisture (optional)\nSoil incubation results (optional)\n7\nHydrated lime suspension\nProduct 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.\nMinimum neutralising value: 20\nFineness determined by wet sieving:\nat least 95 % to pass through a 0,16 mm sieve.\nUsual trade names or alternative names may be added.\nNeutralising value\nTotal calcium\nTotal magnesium if MgO ≥ 3 %\nMoisture (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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