# The Fertilisers Regulations 1990, Regulation 2: Control of materials designated as EEC fertilisers


(1) No person shall sell or have in possession with a view to sale for use as a fertiliser any material designated as an EEC fertiliser, or give any indication directly or indirectly that the material is an EEC fertiliser, unless the material complies with all the relevant provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 as respects content and marking.
(2) No person shall sell or have in possession with a view to sale for use as an EEC fertiliser any material containing any pesticide or herbicide, or any organic nutrient of animal or vegetable origin, or any of the substances boron, cobalt, copper, iron, magnesium (except in those cases where magnesium is specified in the third column of the table in Schedule 1), manganese or molybdenum which have been added in the course of manufacture or preparation for sale.
(3) No person shall make available to any other person for the final use by that other person as a fertiliser any ammonium nitrate, as defined in column 3 of section A of the table in Schedule 1, which is designated as an EEC fertiliser and contains more than 28% by weight of nitrogen unless the material is in a package or container which complies with the provisions of Part II of Schedule 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/887/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fertilisers-regulations-1990/regulation-2
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