2020/0651/I
EC/EFTA
IT Italy
  • S40E - Organic fertilisers, purification sludge
2021-01-18
2020-10-21

Specific action products, nitrification inhibitor

Ministerial Decree amending Annexes 13 and 14 to Legislative Decree No 75 of 29 April 2010 on the reorganisation and revision of the guidelines on fertilisers, pursuant to Article 13 of Law No 88 of 7 July 2009

The draft comprises 2 articles and 2 annexes.

Article 1:

- replacement of Annex 13 - ‘Register of Fertilisers’ - of Legislative Decree No 75 of 29 April 2010 laying down operating procedures for requesting the registration of a fertiliser in the Register of Fertilisers and the procedures for communicating any updates;
- replacement of Annex 14 - ‘Register of Fertiliser Manufacturers’ - of Legislative Decree No 75 of 29 April 2010 laying down operating procedures for requesting the registration of a fertiliser manufacturer in the Register of Manufacturers and the procedures for communicating any updates;

Article 2:
- states that the Decree will not restrict the placing on the market of fertilisers which have been legally produced and placed on the market in an EU Member State or Turkey, or which have been legally produced in one of the signatory States to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) or a signatory to the agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA);
- states that the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies is the competent authority for the application, where necessary, of the assessment procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 764/2008.

Annex 1: replaces Annex 13 by laying down a new operating procedure for requesting the registration of a fertiliser in the Register of Fertilisers and the procedures for communicating any updates; it should be noted that
Table 1, List of fertilisers permitted in organic farming, has not undergone any changes with respect to the provisions having already passed the notification procedure under Directive (EU) 2015/1535;

Annex 2: replaces Annex 14 by laying down a new operating procedure for requesting the registration of a fertiliser manufacturer in the Register of Manufacturers and the procedures for communicating any updates.