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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2086 of 5 July 2021 amending Annexes II and IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of adding precipitated phosphate salts and derivates as a component material category in EU fertilising products (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2086 of 5 July 2021 amending Annexes II and IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of adding precipitated phosphate salts and derivates as a component material category in EU fertilising products (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2086 of 5 July 2021 amending Annexes II and IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of adding precipitated phosphate salts and derivates as a component material category in EU fertilising products (Text with EEA relevance)
C/2021/4743
OJ L 427, 30.11.2021, p. 120–129
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
30.11.2021 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 427/120 |
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/2086
of 5 July 2021
amending Annexes II and IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of adding precipitated phosphate salts and derivates as a component material category in EU fertilising products
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 (1), and in particular Article 42(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 lays down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products. EU fertilising products contain component materials of one or more of the categories listed in Annex II to that Regulation. |
(2) |
Article 42(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 read in conjunction with Article 42(1), first subparagraph, point (b), of that Regulation requires the Commission to assess struvite without undue delay after 15 July 2019, and to include it in Annex II to that Regulation if that assessment concludes that EU fertilising products containing that material do not present a risk to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment, and ensure agronomic efficiency. |
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Struvite can be waste, and can in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 cease to be waste if it is contained in a compliant EU fertilising product. Pursuant to Article 42(3) of that Regulation read in conjunction with Article 6 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), the Commission may therefore include struvite in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 only if recovery rules in that Annex ensure that the material is to be used for specific purposes, that a market or demand exists for it, and that its use will not lead to overall adverse environmental or human health impacts. |
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The Commission’s Joint Research Centre (‘JRC’) began its assessment of struvite in anticipation of the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, and concluded it in 2019. Throughout the assessment, the scope was widened to include the broad spectrum of precipitated phosphate salts, as well as their derivates. |
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JRC’s assessment report (3) concludes that precipitated phosphate salts and derivates, if produced following the recovery rules suggested in the report, provide plants with nutrients or improve their nutrition efficiency and therefore ensure agronomic efficiency. |
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JRC’s assessment report furthermore concludes that there is an existing and growing market demand for precipitated phosphate salts and derivates, and that those materials are likely to be used to provide nutrient inputs to European agriculture. It further concludes that the use of precipitated phosphate salts and derivates produced following the recovery rules suggested in the report does not lead to overall adverse environmental or human health impacts. |
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The recovery rules suggested in JRC’s assessment report include measures to limit the risks of recycling or producing contaminants, such as creating an exhaustive list of eligible input materials and excluding, for example, mixed municipal waste, and laying down specific processing conditions and product quality requirements. That assessment report also concludes that the conformity assessment rules applicable to fertilising products containing precipitated phosphate salts and derivates should include a quality system assessed and approved by a notified body. |
(8) |
Based on the above, the Commission concludes that precipitated phosphate salts and derivates, if produced in accordance with the recovery rules suggested in JRC’s assessment report, ensure agronomic efficiency within the meaning of Article 42(1), first subparagraph, point (b)(ii), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009. Furthermore, they comply with the criteria laid down in Article 6 of Directive 2008/98/EC. Finally, if compliant with the other requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 in general and in Annex I to that Regulation in particular, they would not present a risk to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment within the meaning of Article 42(1), first subparagraph, point (b)(i), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009. Therefore, precipitated phosphate salts and derivates should be included in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 subject to those recovery rules. |
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In particular, animal by-products or derived products within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) should only be allowed as input materials for precipitated phosphate salts and derivates governed by Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, if and when their end points in the manufacturing chain have been determined in accordance with Article 5(2), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and will be reached at the latest by the end of the production process of the EU fertilising product containing the precipitated phosphate salts or derivates. |
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Furthermore, given the fact that precipitated phosphate salt and derivates can be considered to be recovered waste or by-products within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC, such materials should be excluded from component material categories 1 and 11 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 pursuant to Article 42(1), third subparagraph, of that Regulation. |
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It is important to ensure that when fertilising products contain precipitated phosphate salts and derivates, they are subject to an appropriate conformity assessment procedure including a quality system assessed and approved by a notified body. Therefore, it is necessary to amend Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 to provide for a conformity assessment appropriate for such fertilising products. |
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Given that the requirements set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 and the conformity assessment procedures set out in Annex IV to that Regulation are to apply as of 16 July 2022, it is necessary to defer the application of this Regulation to the same date, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 is amended as follows:
(1) |
Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation; |
(2) |
Annex IV is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation. |
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 16 July 2022.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 July 2021.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 1.
(2) Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
(3) Huygens D, Saveyn HGM, Tonini D, Eder P, Delgado Sancho L, Technical proposals for selected new fertilising materials under the Fertilising Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/1009) – Process and quality criteria, and assessment of environmental and market impacts for precipitated phosphate salts & derivates, thermal oxidation materials & derivates and pyrolysis & gasification materials, EUR 29841 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019, ISBN 978-92-76-09888-1, doi:10.2760/186684, JRC117856.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1).
ANNEX I
Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 is amended as follows:
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In Part I, the following point is added: "CMC 12: Precipitated phosphate salts and derivates". |
(2) |
Part II is amended as follows:
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(*1) Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).
(*2) Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140 5.6.2009, p. 16).
(*3) The exclusion of an input material from a sub-point does not prevent it from being an eligible input material by virtue of another sub-point.
(*4) Sum of naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, dibenzo[a,h]anthracene and benzo[ghi]perylene.”."
ANNEX II
In Annex IV, Part II, of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, Module D1 (Quality assurance of the production process) is amended as follows:
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In point 2.2, sub-point (d) is replaced by the following:
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(2) |
The introductory wording in point 5.1.1.1 is replaced by the following:
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(3) |
Point 5.1.2.1 is replaced by the following:
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(4) |
Point 5.1.3.1 is amended as follows:
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(5) |
In point 5.1.4.1, the introductory wording is replaced by the following:
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(6) |
In point 5.1.5.1, the introductory wording is replaced by the following:
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(7) |
Point 6.3.2 is replaced by the following:
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