Article 14U.K.Common specifications
1.The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down common specifications for the requirements set out in Annex I, II or III or tests referred to in Article 13(2) where:
(a)those requirements or tests are not covered by harmonised standards or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union;
(b)the Commission observes undue delays in the adoption of requested harmonised standards; or
(c)the Commission has decided in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 to maintain with restriction or to withdraw the references to the harmonised standards or parts thereof by which those requirements or tests are covered.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 45(3).
2.EU fertilising products which are in conformity with common specifications or parts thereof shall be presumed to be in conformity with the requirements set out in Annexes I, II and III covered by those common specifications or parts thereof.
3.Tests for verifying the conformity of EU fertilising products with the requirements set out in Annexes I, II and III which are in conformity with common specifications or parts thereof shall be presumed to be reliable and reproducible to the extent that the tests are covered by those common specifications or parts thereof.