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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-223/annex-II",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/223",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 223/2012 of 14 March 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes of adapting Annexes I and IV thereto to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-223",
  "path": "annex/II",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Section B of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended as follows:\n(1) methods 3.1.1 to 3.1.4 are replaced by the following:\n‘Method 3.1.1\nExtraction of phosphorus soluble in mineral acids\nEN 15956: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus soluble in mineral acids\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 3.1.2\nExtraction of phosphorus soluble in 2 % formic acid\nEN 15919: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus soluble in 2 % formic acid\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.\nMethod 3.1.3\nExtraction of phosphorus soluble in 2 % citric acid\nEN 15920: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus soluble in 2 % citric acid\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.\nMethod 3.1.4\nExtraction of phosphorus which is soluble in neutral ammonium citrate\nEN 15957: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus which is soluble in neutral ammonium citrate\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;\n(2) methods 3.1.5.1 to 3.1.5.3 are replaced by the following:\n‘Method 3.1.5.1\nExtraction of soluble phosphorus according to Petermann at 65 °C\nEN 15921: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus according to Petermann at 65 °C\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.\nMethod 3.1.5.2\nExtraction of the soluble phosphorus according to Petermann at ambient temperature\nEN 15922: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus according to Petermann at ambient temperature\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.\nMethod 3.1.5.3\nExtraction of phosphorus soluble in Joulie’s alkaline ammonium citrate\nEN 15923: Fertilizers – Extraction of phosphorus in Joulie’s alkaline ammonium citrate\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’;\n(3) method 3.1.6 is replaced by the following:\n‘Method 3.1.6\nExtraction of water soluble phosphorus\nEN 15958: Fertilizers – Extraction of water soluble phosphorus\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;\n(4) method 3.2 is replaced by the following:\n‘Method 3.2\nDetermination of extracted phosphorus\nEN 15959: Fertilizers – Determination of extracted phosphorus\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;\n(5) methods 7.1 and 7.2 are replaced by the following:\n‘Method 7.1\nDetermination of the fineness of grinding (dry procedure)\nEN 15928: Fertilizers – Determination of the fineness of grinding (dry procedure)\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.\nMethod 7.2\nDetermination of the fineness of grinding of soft natural phosphates\nEN 15924: Fertilizers – Determination of the fineness of grinding of soft natural phosphates\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’;\n(6) methods 8.1 to 8.5 are replaced by the following:\n‘Method 8.1\nExtraction of total calcium, total magnesium, total sodium and total sulphur in the forms of sulphates\nEN 15960: Fertilizers – Extraction of total calcium, total magnesium, total sodium and total sulphur in the forms of sulphates\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.\nMethod 8.2\nExtraction of total sulphur present in various forms\nEN 15925: Fertilizers – Extraction of total sulphur present in various forms\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.\nMethod 8.3\nExtraction of water soluble calcium, magnesium, sodium and sulphur (in the form of sulphates)\nEN 15961: Fertilizers – Extraction of water soluble calcium, magnesium, sodium and sulphur (in the form of sulphates)\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.\nMethod 8.4\nExtraction of water soluble sulphur where the sulphur is in various forms\nEN 15926: Fertilizers – Extraction of water soluble sulphur where the sulphur is in various forms\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.\nMethod 8.5\nExtraction and determination of elemental sulphur\nEN 16032: Fertilizers – Extraction and determination of elemental sulphur\nThis method of analysis has not been ring-tested.’;\n(7) the following method 8.11 is inserted:\n‘Method 8.11\nDetermination of calcium and formate in calcium formate\nEN 15909: Fertilizers – Determination of calcium and formate in calcium foliar fertilizers\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;\n(8) method 11.3 is replaced by the following:\n‘Method 11.3\nDetermination of iron chelated by o,o-EDDHA, o,o-EDDHMA and HBED\nEN 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\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;\n(9) the following methods 11.6, 11.7 and 11.8 are inserted:\n‘Method 11.6\nDetermination of IDHA\nEN 15950: Fertilizers – Determination of N-(1,2-dicarboxyethyl)-D,L-aspartic acid (Iminodisuccinic acid, IDHA) using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 11.7\nDetermination of lignosulfonates\nEN 16109: Fertilizers – Determination of micro-nutrient ions complexed in fertilizers – Identification of lignosulfonates\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 11.8\nDetermination of the complexed micro-nutrient content and of the complexed fraction of micro-nutrients\nEN 15962: Fertilizers – Determination of the complexed micro-nutrient content and of the complexed fraction of micro-nutrients\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;\n(10) the following methods 12.3, 12.4 and 12.5 are inserted:\n‘Method 12.3\nDetermination of 3-methylpyrazole\nEN 15905: Fertilizers – Determination of 3-methylpyrazole (MP) using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 12.4\nDetermination of TZ\nEN 16024: Fertilizers – Determination of 1H,1,2,4-triazole in urea and in fertilizers containing urea – Method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 12.5\nDetermination of 2-NPT\nEN 16075: Fertilizers – Determination of N-(2-nitrophenyl)phosphoric triamide (2-NPT) in urea and fertilizers containing urea – Method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
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