# 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), Annex III

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Section B of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended as follows:
1.. Method 1 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 1
Preparation of the sample for analysis
EN 1482-2: Fertilisers and liming materials — Sampling and sample preparation — Part 2: Sample preparation ’
2.. Methods 2 are replaced as follows:
(a) Method 2.1 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 2.1
Determination of ammoniacal nitrogen
EN 15475: Fertilisers — Determination of ammoniacal nitrogen
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’
(b) Method 2.2.1 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 2.2.1
Determination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Ulsch
EN 15558: Fertilisers — Determination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Ulsch
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’
(c) Method 2.2.2 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 2.2.2
Determination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Arnd
EN 15559: Fertilisers – Determination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Arnd
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’
(d) Method 2.2.3 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 2.2.3
Determination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Devarda
EN 15476: Fertilisers — Determination of nitric and ammoniacal nitrogen according to Devarda
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’
(e) Method 2.3.1 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 2.3.1
Determination of the total nitrogen in calcium cyanamide nitrate free
EN 15560: Fertilisers — Determination of total nitrogen in calcium cyanamide nitrate free
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested’
(f) Method 2.3.2 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 2.3.2
Determination of total nitrogen in calcium cyanamide containing nitrates
EN 15561: Fertilisers — Determination of total nitrogen in calcium cyanamide containing nitrates
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’
(g) Method 2.3.3 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 2.3.3
Determination of total nitrogen in urea
EN 15478: Fertilisers — Determination of total nitrogen in urea
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’
(h) Method 2.4 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 2.4
Determination of cyanamide nitrogen
EN 15562: Fertilisers — Determination of cyanamide nitrogen
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’
(i) Method 2.5 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 2.5
Spectrophotometric determination of biuret in urea
EN 15479: Fertilisers — Spectrophotometric determination of biuret in urea
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’
(j) Method 2.6.1 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 2.6.1
Determination of different forms of nitrogen in the same sample in fertilisers containing nitrogen as nitric, ammoniacal, urea and cyanamide nitrogen
EN 15604: Fertilisers — Determination of different forms of nitrogen in the same sample containing nitrogen, as nitric, ammoniacal, urea and cyanamide nitrogen
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’
3.. Method 4.1 is replaced by the following:
‘ Method 4.1
Determination of the water-soluble potassium content
EN 15477: Fertilisers — Determination of the water-soluble potassium content
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’
4.. The following methods are added:
‘ Methods 11
Chelating agents
Method 11.1
Determination of the chelated micro-nutrient content and of the chelated fraction of micro-nutrients
EN 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
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Method 11.2
Determination of EDTA, HEDTA and DTPA
EN 13368-1: Fertilisers — Determination of chelating agents in fertilisers by ion chromatography — Part 1: EDTA, HEDTA and DTPA
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Method 11.3
Determination of iron chelated by o,o EDDHA and o,o EDDHMA
EN 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.
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Method 11.4
Determination of iron chelated by EDDHSA
EN 15451: Fertilisers — Determination of chelating agents-Determination of iron chelated by EDDHSA by ion pair-chromatography
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Method 11.5
Determination of iron chelated by o,p EDDHA
EN 15452: Fertilisers — Determination of chelating agents-Determination of iron chelated by o,p EDDHA by reversed phase HPLC
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Methods 12
Nitrification and urease inhibitors
Method 12.1
Determination of dicyandiamide
EN 15360: Fertilisers — Determination of dicyandiamide – Method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Method 12.2
Determination of NBPT
EN 15688: Fertilisers — Determination of urease inhibitor N-(n-butyl)thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Methods 13
Heavy metals
Method 13.1
Determination of cadmium content
EN 14888: Fertilisers and liming materials — Determination of cadmium content
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1020/annex/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1020/annex-III
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