{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1618/annex-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1618/annex-II.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1618",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1618 of 8 September 2016 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 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1618",
  "path": "annex/II",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended as follows:\n(1) in Section B, under the heading ‘Methods 11’, the subtitle ‘Chelating agents’ is replaced by ‘Chelating and complexing agents’;\n(2) in Section B, the following Method 11.9 is added:\n‘ Determination of [S,S]-EDDS\nEN 13368-3 Part 3: Fertilizers — Determination of chelating agents in fertilizers by chromatography: Determination of [S,S]-EDDS by ion pair chromatography\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’;\n(3) in Section B, the following Method 11.10 is added:\n‘ Determination of HGA\nEN 16847: Fertilizers — Determination of complexing agents in fertilizers — Identification of heptagluconic acid by chromatography\nThis method of analysis has been ring-tested.’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1618/annex/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:35.559568+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}