Annex II
United Kingdom
Section B of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended as follows:
- (1)
methods 3.1.1 to 3.1.4 are replaced by the following:
‘Method 3.1.1
Extraction of phosphorus soluble in mineral acids
EN 15956: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus soluble in mineral acids
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Method 3.1.2
Extraction of phosphorus soluble in 2 % formic acid
EN 15919: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus soluble in 2 % formic acid
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.
Method 3.1.3
Extraction of phosphorus soluble in 2 % citric acid
EN 15920: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus soluble in 2 % citric acid
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.
Method 3.1.4
Extraction of phosphorus which is soluble in neutral ammonium citrate
EN 15957: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus which is soluble in neutral ammonium citrate
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;
- (2)
methods 3.1.5.1 to 3.1.5.3 are replaced by the following:
‘Method 3.1.5.1
Extraction of soluble phosphorus according to Petermann at 65 °C
EN 15921: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus according to Petermann at 65 °C
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.
Method 3.1.5.2
Extraction of the soluble phosphorus according to Petermann at ambient temperature
EN 15922: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus according to Petermann at ambient temperature
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.
Method 3.1.5.3
Extraction of phosphorus soluble in Joulie’s alkaline ammonium citrate
EN 15923: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus in Joulie’s alkaline ammonium citrate
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’;
- (3)
method 3.1.6 is replaced by the following:
‘Method 3.1.6
Extraction of water soluble phosphorus
EN 15958: Fertilizers – Extraction of water soluble phosphorus
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;
- (4)
method 3.2 is replaced by the following:
‘Method 3.2
Determination of extracted phosphorus
EN 15959: Fertilizers – Determination of extracted phosphorus
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;
- (5)
methods 7.1 and 7.2 are replaced by the following:
‘Method 7.1
Determination of the fineness of grinding (dry procedure)
EN 15928: Fertilizers – Determination of the fineness of grinding (dry procedure)
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.
Method 7.2
Determination of the fineness of grinding of soft natural phosphates
EN 15924: Fertilizers – Determination of the fineness of grinding of soft natural phosphates
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’;
- (6)
methods 8.1 to 8.5 are replaced by the following:
‘Method 8.1
Extraction of total calcium, total magnesium, total sodium and total sulphur in the forms of sulphates
EN 15960: Fertilizers – Extraction of total calcium, total magnesium, total sodium and total sulphur in the forms of sulphates
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.
Method 8.2
Extraction of total sulphur present in various forms
EN 15925: Fertilizers – Extraction of total sulphur present in various forms
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.
Method 8.3
Extraction of water soluble calcium, magnesium, sodium and sulphur (in the form of sulphates)
EN 15961: Fertilizers – Extraction of water soluble calcium, magnesium, sodium and sulphur (in the form of sulphates)
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.
Method 8.4
Extraction of water soluble sulphur where the sulphur is in various forms
EN 15926: Fertilizers – Extraction of water soluble sulphur where the sulphur is in various forms
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.
Method 8.5
Extraction and determination of elemental sulphur
EN 16032: Fertilizers – Extraction and determination of elemental sulphur
This method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’;
- (7)
the following method 8.11 is inserted:
‘Method 8.11
Determination of calcium and formate in calcium formate
EN 15909: Fertilizers – Determination of calcium and formate in calcium foliar fertilizers
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;
- (8)
method 11.3 is replaced by the following:
‘Method 11.3
Determination of iron chelated by o,o-EDDHA, o,o-EDDHMA and HBED
EN 13368-2: Fertilizers – Determination of chelating agents in fertilizers by chromatography. Part 2: Determination of Fe chelated by o,o-EDDHA, o,o-EDDHMA and HBED by ion pair-chromatography
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;
- (9)
the following methods 11.6, 11.7 and 11.8 are inserted:
‘Method 11.6
Determination of IDHA
EN 15950: Fertilizers – Determination of N-(1,2-dicarboxyethyl)-D,L-aspartic acid (Iminodisuccinic acid, IDHA) using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Method 11.7
Determination of lignosulfonates
EN 16109: Fertilizers – Determination of micro-nutrient ions complexed in fertilizers – Identification of lignosulfonates
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Method 11.8
Determination of the complexed micro-nutrient content and of the complexed fraction of micro-nutrients
EN 15962: Fertilizers – Determination of the complexed micro-nutrient content and of the complexed fraction of micro-nutrients
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;
- (10)
the following methods 12.3, 12.4 and 12.5 are inserted:
‘Method 12.3
Determination of 3-methylpyrazole
EN 15905: Fertilizers – Determination of 3-methylpyrazole (MP) using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Method 12.4
Determination of TZ
EN 16024: Fertilizers – Determination of 1H,1,2,4-triazole in urea and in fertilizers containing urea – Method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.
Method 12.5
Determination of 2-NPT
EN 16075: Fertilizers – Determination of N-(2-nitrophenyl)phosphoric triamide (2-NPT) in urea and fertilizers containing urea – Method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
This method of analysis has been ring-tested.’.