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Under Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, certification is mandatory for certain CE-marked EU fertilising products. Manufacturers may also choose certification voluntarily as a conformity assessment procedure in other cases.

Certification may only be carried out by a Notified Body designated within the European Union.

LATSERT is a Notified Body in the field of fertilising products and is authorised to provide certification of fertilising products under Module B – EU-type examination.

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Certification Process

The certification process consists of:

  • examination of the technical design, including the technical documentation and supporting evidence;
  • testing of a type specimen, i.e. a representative sample of the production envisaged.

Fertilising Products Covered by LATSERT Certification

LATSERT provides certification for fertilising products belonging to the PFC 1, PFC 2, PFC 3, PFC 4 and PFC 6 Product Function Categories, including:

  • organic fertilisers;
  • organo-mineral fertilisers;
  • inorganic fertilisers;
  • liming materials;
  • soil improvers;
  • growing media;
  • plant biostimulants.

Certification is available for products containing component materials belonging to CMC 1 (except inhibitors), CMC 2, CMC 4, CMC 6, CMC 7, CMC 8, CMC 9, CMC 10 and CMC 11 Component Material Categories, including:

  • virgin material substances and mixtures;
  • plants, plant parts or plant extracts;
  • fresh crop digestate;
  • food industry by-products;
  • micro-organisms;
  • nutrient polymers;
  • polymers other than nutrient polymers;
  • derived products within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;
  • by-products within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC.

LATSERT also provides certification for fertilising product blends belonging to PFC 7.

Technical Documentation for CE-Marked Fertilising Products

The technical documentation for a CE-marked product must be prepared by the manufacturer.

For the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, a manufacturer is any natural or legal person who manufactures an EU fertilising product, or has an EU fertilising product designed or manufactured, and markets that EU fertilising product under its name or trademark.

As a minimum, the technical documentation must contain the information specified in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, including:

  • a description of the intended use of the fertilising product and its declared function;
  • a list of the component materials used, the Component Material Categories (CMCs) referred to in Annex II to which they belong, and information on their origin or manufacturing process;
  • EU Declarations of Conformity for EU fertilising products contained in a fertilising product blend;
  • drawings, diagrams, descriptions and explanations necessary for understanding the manufacturing process of the EU fertilising product;
  • a specimen of the label;
  • a list of the harmonised standards, common specifications and/or other relevant technical specifications applied. Where harmonised standards or common specifications have been applied only in part, the technical documentation must specify which parts have been applied;
  • results of design calculations, examinations and other relevant assessments;
  • test reports;
  • where the EU fertilising product contains or consists of derived products within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, the commercial documents or health certificates required under that Regulation, together with evidence that the derived products have reached the end point in the manufacturing chain within the meaning of that Regulation;
  • where the EU fertilising product contains or consists of by-products within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC, technical and administrative evidence demonstrating that those by-products comply with the applicable regulatory criteria;
  • where the total chromium (Cr) content exceeds 200 mg/kg of dry matter, information on the maximum total chromium (Cr) content and its exact source;
  • an analysis and assessment of the risks associated with the product.

Voluntary Certification of Non-CE-Marked Fertilising Products

Where a fertilising product is not CE-marked, LATSERT can also provide voluntary certification against other requirements selected by the client.

For example, certification may be carried out against the requirements of Latvian Cabinet Regulation No. 506, Regulations Regarding the Identification, Quality Conformity Assessment and Trade of Fertilisers and Substrates.

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The main quality, conformity assessment and classification requirements for fertilisers labelled as "EC fertiliser" ("EG-Düngemittel" or respective names in other languages of EU member states), are set in the REGULATION (EC) No 2003/2003 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers. Requirements for other fertilisers and their registration are set out in the national legislation of EU member states. In Latvia, there is a compulsory registration of fertilisers in the State Plant Protection Service, a mandatory requirement for self-control of fertilisers, as well as detailed requirements for identification, quality and labelling of fertilisers.

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In addition to the mandatory requirements, a business involved in fertiliser turnover often has to fulfil other conditions of foreign clients that often include ensuring conformity of the fertiliser to some additional criteria (such as humic acid content in organic fertilisers). LATSERT has been operating in the field of fertiliser conformity assessment and testing for many years and can offer businesses both the mandatory service - fertiliser testing in a laboratory accredited according to the standard EN ISO / IEC 17025 for registration of the fertiliser - and additional services, such as certification, expertise and consultations.

As LATSERT is included in the European Commission's list as a laboratory that is competent to provide the services needed to verify fertiliser conformity, the documents issued by us are recognized not only in the EU, but also outside it.

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