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Fertilizers Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 57, 4 December 2003, pp. 2373-2437.
Long title
Ordinance on the bringing into circulation of fertilizers and other substances.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Fertilizers/nutrients Packaging/labelling Access-to-information Offences/penalties Plant production
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the bringing into circulation of ferzilizers and similar substances. The text consists of 12 articles as follows: Definitions (art. 1); Approval of different kinds of ferzilizers (art. 2); Requirements for other products marketed as fertilizers (art. 3); Labelling of fertilizers (art. 4); Labelling of other products marketed as fertilizers (art. 5);Type of labelling (art. 6); Tolerances (art. 7), Packaging (art. 8); Penalties (art. 9); Transitional provisions (art. 10). Four Annexes are enclosed.

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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

Repeals

Fertilizers Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 1991 (1999)

Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Standards, Packaging/labelling, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Second Ordinance amending Seeds and Fertilizer Ordinances.

Legislation | Germany | 2008

Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Plant variety, Classification/declassification, Fertilizers/nutrients, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

First Ordinance amending the Fertilizers Ordinance

Legislation | Germany | 2004

Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Fertilizers Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 2008 (2012)

Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Packaging/labelling, Authorization/permit, Internal trade, Offences/penalties, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX