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Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality no. TRCJZ/2005/3295 of 2005, containing rules for the implementation of the Fertilisers Act (Implementation Regulations of the Fertilisers Act).

Country/Territory
Netherlands
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005 (2023)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
State Gazette no. 226 of 2005.
Subject
Livestock, Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Land & soil, Cultivated plants, Water
Keyword
Environmental audit Protection of environment Aquatic plants Milk/dairy products Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Grazing Organic waste Animal production Animal feed/feedstuffs Poultry Business/industry/corporations Internal trade Fertilizers/nutrients Residues Authorization/permit Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Standards Policy/planning Cereals/grains/rice Liability/compensation Transport/storage Registration Inspection Classification/declassification Crops/grasses Agricultural commodities Plant production Water quality standards Sewerage
Geographical area
Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

This Regulation, divided into eleven chapters and consisting of 103 articles, contains rules and provisions for implementing the Fertilisers Act, and concerns use and trade of fertilisers and of animal feed, having regard to the provisions of the soil protection Act and of the Decree implementing provisions of the fertilising substances Act. The Regulation defines the following terms: sampling and packaging equipment; business location; animal unit; laboratories for analysing nitrogen and phosphate in animal manure; eutrophication, as the enrichment of the water by nitrogen and phosphate compounds, which leads to accelerated growth of algae and higher plant life forms, resulting in an undesirable disturbance of the balance between the various organisms present in the water and a deterioration of water quality; manure granules; solid manure; transport ticket for sewage sludge and compost; liquid sewage sludge; grazing animals; land where forestry is practiced.

Full text
Dutch
Website
wetten.overheid.nl

References - Legislation

Implements

Act containing rules relative to the trade in and the disposal of fertilizing substances (Fertilizing Substances Act).

Legislation | Netherlands | 1986 (2022)

Keyword: Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Fertilizers/nutrients, Plant production, Plant protection, Internal trade, Authorization/permit, Basic legislation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX