The EC Fertilisers (Scotland) Regulations 2006

General provisions relating to the marking, identification, labelling and packaging of EC fertilisers

5.—(1) Any manufacturer who places on the market a fertiliser designated as an EC fertiliser shall be guilty of an offence unless the identification markings relating to it–

(a) are borne as specified in paragraph (1) of Article 9 (markings);

(b) comply with Article 9(2);

(c) include an expression of contents as specified in paragraphs (1)(a) and (d), (4), (5) and (6) of Article 6 (compulsory statements);

(d) include the additional instructions called for by Article 9(3), if it is a fluid fertiliser; and

(e) have been provided as required by paragraph (1) of Article 7 (identification).

(2) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), any manufacturer who places on the market a packaged fertiliser designated as an EC fertiliser shall be guilty of an offence unless–

(a) the identification markings appear as specified in the first sentence of Article 7(2);

(b) the packaging and labelling of the fertiliser complies with paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 10 (labelling);

(c) the packaging complies with Article 12 (packaging); and

(d) the language in which those identification markings appear complies with Article 11 (languages).

(3) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), any manufacturer who places on the market a bulk fertiliser designated as an EC fertiliser shall be guilty of an offence unless–

(a) the identification markings appear as specified in the second sentence of Article 7(2);

(b) a copy of the documents containing the identification markings meets the requirements of Article 10(3); and

(c) the language in which the identification markings appear complies with Article 11.