Annex I
United Kingdom
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended as follows:
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Table E.1.4 is replaced by the following table:
‘E.1.4.
Iron
No Type designation Data on method of production and essential ingredients Minimum content of nutrients(percentage by weight)Data on the expression of nutrientsOther requirements Other data on the type of designation Nutrient content to be declaredForms and solubilities of the nutrientsOther criteria 1 2 3 4 5 6 4a Iron salt Chemically obtained product containing a mineral iron salt as its essential ingredient 12 % water-soluble Fe The designation must include the name of the mineral anion Water-soluble iron (Fe) 4b Iron chelate Water-soluble product obtained by chemical reaction of iron with chelating agent(s) mentioned in the list of Annex I section E.3. 5 % of water-soluble iron, of which the chelated fraction is at least 80 %, and at least 50 % of the water-soluble iron is chelated by the declared chelating agent(s) Name of each one of the chelating agents mentioned in the list of Annex I section E.3.1 that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble iron Water-soluble iron (Fe)
Iron (Fe) chelated by each chelating agent that is declared in the type-designation and that can be identified and quantified by a European Standard
4c Iron fertiliser solution Product obtained by dissolving types 4a and/or one of the type 4b in water 2 % of water soluble Fe The designation must include:
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the name(s) of the mineral anion(s);
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the name of any chelating agent, if present, that chelates at least 1 % water-soluble iron (Fe)
Water-soluble iron (Fe)
Chelated iron (Fe) if present
Iron (Fe) chelated by each chelating agent that is declared in the type-designation and that can be identified and quantified by a European Standard
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Section E.3 is replaced by the following:
‘E.3.
List of authorised organic chelating and complexing agents for micro-nutrients
The following substances are authorised provided that their corresponding nutrient chelate has complied with the requirements of Council Directive 67/548/EECf1.
E.3.1.
Chelating agentsf2
Acids, or sodium, potassium or ammonium salts of:
For information only.
CAS number of the acidf3 Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid EDTA C10H16O8N2 60-00-4 2-hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid HEEDTA C10H18O7N2 150-39-0 diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid DTPA C14H23O10N3 67-43-6 ethylenediamine-N,N′-di[(ortho-hydroxyphenyl)acetic acid] [o,o] EDDHA C18H20O6N2 1170-02-1 ethylenediamine-N-[(ortho-hydroxyphenyl)acetic acid]-N′-[(para-hydroxyphenyl)acetic acid] [o,p] EDDHA C18H20O6N2 475475-49-1 ethylenediamine-N,N′-di[(ortho-hydroxy-methylphenyl)acetic acid] [o,o] EDDHMA C20H24O6N2 641632-90-8 ethylenediamine-N-[(ortho-hydroxy-methylphenyl)acetic acid]-N′-[(para-hydroxy-methylphenyl)acetic acid] [o,p] EDDHMA C20H24O6N2 641633-41-2 ethylenediamine-N,N′-di[(5-carboxy-2-hydroxyphenyl)acetic acid] EDDCHA C20H20O10N2 85120-53-2 ethylenediamine-N,N′-di[(2-hydroxy-5-sulfophenyl)acetic acid] and its condensation products EDDHSA C18H20O12N2S2 + n*(C12H14O8N2S) 57368-07-7 and 642045-40-7 E.3.2.
Complexing agents:
List to be drawn up.’
Annotations
Footnotes
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The chelating agents are to be identified and quantified by the European Standards that covers the mentioned chelating agents.
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For information only.