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 (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1009)

ANNEX II U.K. Component Material Categories (CMCs)

PART II U.K. REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO CMCS

CMC 11: BY-PRODUCTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE 2008/98/EC U.K.

1. An EU fertilising product may contain by-products within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC, except(1): U.K.

(a)

animal by-products or derived products within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009,

(b)

polymers,

(c)

compost, or

(d)

digestate.

2. The by-products shall have been registered pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, with a dossier containing: U.K.

(a)

the information provided for by Annexes VI, VII and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, and

(b)

a chemical safety report pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 covering the use as a fertilising product,

unless explicitly covered by one of the registration obligation exemptions provided for by Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 or by point 6, 7, 8 or 9 of Annex V to that Regulation.

3. From 16 July 2022, the by-products shall comply with the criteria established by delegated act referred to in Article 42(7). An EU fertilising product placed on the market after that date shall not contain by-products referred to in point 1 which do not comply with such criteria. U.K.

(1)

The exclusion of a material from CMC 11 does not prevent it from being an eligible component material by virtue of another CMC stipulating different requirements. See, for instance, CMC 3 on compost, CMCs 4 and 5 on digestate, CMCs 8 and 9 on polymers or CMC 10 on derived products within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.