# 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 G.2: Oxide and Hydroxide limes of natural origin


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
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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)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/2003/division/G./division/G.2. (the official version)
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