# Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1: A plant biostimulant shall be an EU fertilising product the function of which is to stimulate plant nutrition processes independently of the product’s nutrient content with the sole aim of improving one or more of the following characteristics of the plant or the plant rhizosphere:

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

(a) nutrient use efficiency,
(b) tolerance to abiotic stress,
(c) quality traits, or
(d) availability of confined nutrients in the soil or rhizosphere.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1009/annex/I/part/II/division/37/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009/annex-I/part-II/division-37/division-1
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