2017/0179/HU
EC/EFTA
HU Ungarn
  • S40E - Organische Düngemittel, Klärschlämme
2017-08-10
2017-05-16

Fertilisers, organic fertilisers, mineral fertilisers, composts, vermicomposts, soil improvers, soil-conditioning materials, microbiological preparations, growing media, plant-conditioning preparations.

Draft Decree amending Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Decree No 36/2006 of 18 May 2006 on the licensing, storage, distribution and use of crop-enhancing substances

The amendment introduces the use of irrigation water testing methods when testing the solution forms of organic fertilisers, soil-conditioning preparations, microbiological preparations and plant-conditioning preparations for toxic elements, since due to the concentration of the substances, the components can often only be detected with the method laid down for irrigation water. When using other methods, it is difficult to compare components below the detection limit with the licensing document.

The size of structural material (e.g. straw, hay) used for composting often exceeds 25 mm, meaning that sieving needs to be carried out by the manufacturer, resulting in additional costs. The occurrence of larger parts does not have an adverse impact on compost quality. As a result, the amendment allows 20 % of the compost to also include larger structural parts of 25-50 mm.

The average organic matter content of peats found in Hungary, which are used for producing growing media, is below 50 %, while their dry matter content is approximately 30 %. We have adjusted the requirement to the available raw materials. We have adjusted the nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium content of growing soils to the other growing media as, with regard to consumer protection, a nutrient content meeting the needs of plants can also be expected in the case of these products. Inert substrates (perlite, rock-wool) do not contain hazardous materials that would justify the licensing of these products; these materials have therefore been removed from the list of growing media.