{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1020/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1020/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/1020",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1020/2009 of 28 October 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes of adapting Annexes I, III, IV and V thereto to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1020",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Section B of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended as follows:\n1.. Method 1 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 1\nPreparation of the sample for analysis\nEN 1482-2: Fertilisers and liming materials — Sampling and sample preparation — Part 2: Sample preparation ’\n2.. Methods 2 are replaced as follows:\n(a) Method 2.1 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 2.1\nDetermination of ammoniacal nitrogen\nEN 15475: Fertilisers — Determination of ammoniacal nitrogen\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’\n(b) Method 2.2.1 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 2.2.1\nDetermination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Ulsch\nEN 15558: Fertilisers — Determination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Ulsch\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’\n(c) Method 2.2.2 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 2.2.2\nDetermination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Arnd\nEN 15559: Fertilisers – Determination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Arnd\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’\n(d) Method 2.2.3 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 2.2.3\nDetermination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Devarda\nEN 15476: Fertilisers — Determination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Devarda\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’\n(e) Method 2.3.1 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 2.3.1\nDetermination of the total nitrogen in calcium cyanamide nitrate free\nEN 15560: Fertilisers — Determination of total nitrogen in calcium cyanamide nitrate free\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested’\n(f) Method 2.3.2 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 2.3.2\nDetermination of total nitrogen in calcium cyanamide containing nitrates\nEN 15561: Fertilisers — Determination of total nitrogen in calcium cyanamide containing nitrates\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’\n(g) Method 2.3.3 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 2.3.3\nDetermination of total nitrogen in urea\nEN 15478: Fertilisers — Determination of total nitrogen in urea\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’\n(h) Method 2.4 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 2.4\nDetermination of cyanamide nitrogen\nEN 15562: Fertilisers — Determination of cyanamide nitrogen\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’\n(i) Method 2.5 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 2.5\nSpectrophotometric determination of biuret in urea\nEN 15479: Fertilisers — Spectrophotometric determination of biuret in urea\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’\n(j) Method 2.6.1 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 2.6.1\nDetermination of different forms of nitrogen in the same sample in fertilisers containing nitrogen as nitric, ammoniacal, urea and cyanamide nitrogen\nEN 15604: Fertilisers — Determination of different forms of nitrogen in the same sample containing nitrogen, as nitric, ammoniacal, urea and cyanamide nitrogen\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’\n3.. Method 4.1 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 4.1\nDetermination of the water-soluble potassium content\nEN 15477: Fertilisers — Determination of the water-soluble potassium content\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’\n4.. The following methods are added:\n‘ Methods 11\nChelating agents\nMethod 11.1\nDetermination of the chelated micro-nutrient content and of the chelated fraction of micro-nutrients\nEN 13366: Fertilisers — Treatment with a cation exchange resin for the determination of the chelated micro-nutrient content and of the chelated fraction of micro-nutrients\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 11.2\nDetermination of EDTA, HEDTA and DTPA\nEN 13368-1: Fertilisers — Determination of chelating agents in fertilisers by ion chromatography — Part 1: EDTA, HEDTA and DTPA\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 11.3\nDetermination of iron chelated by o,o EDDHA and o,o EDDHMA\nEN 13368-2: 2007 Fertilisers — Determination of chelating agents in fertilisers by chromatography. Part 2: Determination of Fe chelated by o,o EDDHA and o,o EDDHMA by ion pair-chromatography.\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 11.4\nDetermination of iron chelated by EDDHSA\nEN 15451: Fertilisers — Determination of chelating agents-Determination of iron chelated by EDDHSA by ion pair-chromatography\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 11.5\nDetermination of iron chelated by o,p EDDHA\nEN 15452: Fertilisers — Determination of chelating agents-Determination of iron chelated by o,p EDDHA by reversed phase HPLC\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethods 12\nNitrification and urease inhibitors\nMethod 12.1\nDetermination of dicyandiamide\nEN 15360: Fertilisers — Determination of dicyandiamide – Method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 12.2\nDetermination of NBPT\nEN 15688: Fertilisers — Determination of urease inhibitor N-(n-butyl)thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethods 13\nHeavy metals\nMethod 13.1\nDetermination of cadmium content\nEN 14888: Fertilisers and liming materials — Determination of cadmium content\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1020/annex/III",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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