# Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive (Text with EEA relevance), Division 4: However, the requirements referred to in point 2 shall not apply:

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

(a)to organic fertilisers and soil improvers which are in ready-to-sell packages of not more than 50 kg in weight for use by the final consumer; or
(b)to organic fertilisers and soil improvers in big bags of not more than 1 000 kg in weight, on the packages of which it is indicated that the organic fertilisers are not destined to land to which farmed animals have access, provided that the competent authority of the constituent nation where the organic fertiliser or soil improver is to be applied to land, has authorised the use of such big bags on the basis of an assessment of the likelihood of a potential diversion of the materials to farms keeping animals or to land to which farmed animals have access.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/annex/XI/chapter/II/section/1/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-XI/chapter-II/section-1/division-4
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