Concerns all fertilising products and growing media placed on the market in accordance with national legislation and used in France.
It does not apply to fertilisers placed on the market in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Order amending the maximum cadmium content permitted in certain fertilising products and the maximum inputs of this contaminant arising from the use of fertilising products

This interministerial order amends two orders by establishing, on the one hand, a timetable for reducing the maximum permissible cadmium content in certain fertilising products and growing media and, on the other, the maximum permissible cadmium inputs arising from the use of fertilising products.

It applies to fertilising products and growing media placed on the market and used under the conditions set out in Articles L. 255-2 to L. 255-4 and in Sections 1, 3 and 5 of Article L. 255-5.
It does not apply to fertilising products and growing media placed on the market and used under the conditions set out in Section 2 of Article L. 255-5, which concerns fertilisers compliant with Regulation (EU) No 2019/1009.
The two amended orders are:
- Order establishing the values and procedures for assessing the safety and end-of-waste status criteria for fertilising products and growing media;
- Order establishing the maximum permissible levels of metal trace elements and organic trace compounds added to the soil when fertilising products are used.