{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009/annex-III/part-II/division-1/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009/annex-III/part-II/division-1/division-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1009",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009",
  "path": "annex/III/part/II/division/1/division/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "The term ‘mineral fertiliser’ may be used only if the fertiliser belongs to PFC 1(C) and fulfils the following additional conditions:",
  "text": "(a) the mineral fertiliser must not contain more than 1 % by mass of organic carbon (Corg), other than organic carbon from:\n(i) chelating or complexing agents referred to in point 3 of CMC 1 in Part II of Annex II,\n(ii) nitrification inhibitors, denitrification inhibitors or urease inhibitors referred to in point 4 of CMC 1 in Part II of Annex II,\n(iii) coating agents referred to in point 1(a) of CMC 9 in Part II of Annex II,\n(iv) urea (CH4N2O), or\n(v) calcium cyanamide (CaCN2);\n(b) where phosphorus (P) is a declared nutrient, the declared phosphorus content shall consist only of phosphorus in the phosphatic form, and the mineral fertiliser shall fulfil at least one of the following solubility criteria:\n(i) water solubility: minimum level 40 % of total phosphorus (P),\n(ii) solubility in neutral ammonium citrate: minimum level 75 % of total phosphorus (P), or\n(iii) solubility in formic acid (only for soft rock phosphate): minimum level 55 % of total phosphorus (P);\n(c) where nitrogen (N) is a declared nutrient, the declared nitrogen content shall consist only of the sum of nitric nitrogen, ammoniacal nitrogen, ureic nitrogen, and nitrogen from methylene-urea, from isobutylidenediurea, and from crotonylidenediurea.",
  "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/2019/1009/annex/III/part/II/division/1/division/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:18.577135+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."
}