European Communities (Marketing of Fertilisers) Regulations, 1978. Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 1978 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Fertilizers/nutrients Internal trade Inspection Plant production Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations: provide for a designation "EEC fertilizer" and lay down criteria with which fertilizers marketed under the designation "EEC fertilizer" must comply. Regulation 4 sets out marketing requirements for EEC fertilizer. Where a person has on his premises any fertilizer to which these Regulations apply, which he has purchased and which he proposes to use in the course of his farming operations, he may apply in writing to the Minister to have a sample thereof taken for analysis. Other regulations provide for record keeping (6), powers of authorized officers (7), power of the Minister to publish results of analyses (8), certificate of analysis as evidence in legal proceedings (9), tampering with samples and other matters relating to offences (10-12). Full text English Website www.bailii.org References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 76/116/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to fertilizers. Legislation | European Union | 1976 Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Packaging/labelling, Registration, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by European Communities (Marketing of Fertilisers) Regulations, 1989. Legislation | Ireland | 1989 Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Internal trade, Inspection, Standards, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX European Communities (Marketing of Fertilisers) Regulations, 1991. Legislation | Ireland | 1991 Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Standards, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX European Communities (Marketing of Fertilisers) Regulations, 1994. Legislation | Ireland | 1994 Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Standards, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX European Communities (Marketing of Fertilisers) Regulations, 1998. Legislation | Ireland | 1998 Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Standards, Packaging/labelling, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by European Communities (Fertiliser) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No 384 of 2005). Legislation | Ireland | 2005 Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Standards, Offences/penalties, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX