{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-463/annex-III",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/463",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 463/2013 of 17 May 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes of adapting Annexes I, II and IV thereto to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-463",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003, Section B is amended as follows:\n(1) Method 6.1 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 6.1\nDetermination of chlorides in the absence of organic material\nEN 16195: Fertilisers — Determination of chlorides in the absence of organic material\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’\n(2) Methods 8.6 to 8.8 are replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 8.6\nManganimetric determination of extracted calcium following precipitation in the form of oxalate\nEN 16196: Fertilisers — Manganimetric determination of extracted calcium following precipitation in the form of oxalate\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 8.7\nDetermination of magnesium by atomic absorption spectrometry\nEN 16197: Fertilisers — Determination of magnesium by atomic absorption spectrometry\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 8.8\nDetermination of magnesium by complexometry\nEN 16198: Fertilisers — Determination of magnesium by complexometry\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’\n(3) Method 8.10 is replaced by the following:\n‘ Method 8.10\nDetermination of the sodium extracted by flame-emission spectrometry\nEN 16199: Fertilisers — Determination of the sodium extracted by flame-emission spectrometry\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’\n(4) The following methods 14 are added:\n‘ Methods 14\nLiming materials\nMethod 14.1\nDetermination of size distribution of liming materials by dry and wet sieving\nEN 12948: Liming materials — Determination of size distribution by dry and wet sieving\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 14.2\nDetermination of the reactivity of carbonate and silicate liming materials with hydrochloric acid\nEN 13971: Carbonate and silicate liming materials — Determination of reactivity — Potentiometric titration method with hydrochloric acid\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 14.3\nDetermination of the reactivity by automatic titration method with citric acid\nEN 16357: Carbonate liming materials — Determination of reactivity — Automatic titration method with citric acid\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 14.4\nDetermination of the neutralising value of liming materials\nEN 12945: Liming materials — Determination of neutralising value — Titrimetric methods\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 14.5\nDetermination of calcium in liming materials by the oxalate method\nEN 13475: Liming materials — Determination of calcium content — Oxalate method\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 14.6\nDetermination of calcium and magnesium in liming materials by complexometry\nEN 12946: Liming materials — Determination of calcium and magnesium content — Complexometric method\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 14.7\nDetermination of magnesium in liming materials by atomic absorption spectrometric method\nEN 12947: Liming materials — Determination of magnesium content — Atomic absorption spectrometric method\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 14.8\nDetermination of moisture content\nEN 12048 Solid fertilisers and liming materials — Determination of moisture content — Gravimetric method by drying at 105 °C +/– 2 °C\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 14.9\nDetermination of the breakdown of granules\nEN 15704: Liming materials — Determination of the breakdown of granulated calcium and calcium/magnesium carbonates under the influence of water\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.\nMethod 14.10\nDetermination of product effect by soil incubation\nEN 14984: Liming materials — Determination of product effect on soil pH — Soil incubation method\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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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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