S.I. No. 205/2004 - Marketing of Non-Eec Fertilisers Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2004

I. Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 2 , 4 and 5 of the Fertilisers, Feedingstuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act 1955 (No. 8 of 1955), after consultation with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, hereby make the following regulations:-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Marketing of Non-EEC Fertilisers Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2004.

2. The Marketing of Non-EEC Fertilisers Regulations 1978 ( S.I. No. 248 of 1978 ) are amended

(a) by inserting, in Regulation 2(1) after the definition of “ground limestone”-

“’inhibitor’ means a substance that may be incorporated in a fertiliser which effects the efficacy of the fertiliser;”

(b) by inserting after Regulation 4-

“4A A person shall not sell a fertilizer named in column (1) of Part II to the First Schedule to these Regulations (inserted by the Marketing of Non-EEC Fertilisers (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. of 2004)) that contains an inhibitor, other than an inhibitor named opposite the mention of the fertiliser in column (2) of the said Part II in accordance with the conditions set out in columns (3), (4) and (5) of that Part.”, and

Schedule

“Part XIII”

List of inhibitors for Use with Type Designated Fertilisers Containing Certain Forms of Nitrogen

Fertiliser	Inhibitor	Minimum content of inhibitor in fertiliser	Declaration of inhibitor	Data for identification of the fertiliser
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Straight N, NPK, NP and NK; organic and organo-mineral and the said fertilisers with trace elements, which contain a minimum of 55 % of the total nitrogen in the form of ammoniacal, ureic or cyanamide nitrogen	Nitrification Inhibitor:- 3,4- Dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP)	Minimum of 0.8 % DMPP, expressed as a % of the total ammoniacal, ureic and cyanamide nitrogen	Content of DMPP, expressed as a % of the total ammoniacal, ureic and cyanamide nitrogen	Fertiliser type designation, followed by: “with nitrification inhibitor 3,4- Dimethylpyrazole phosphate”
Solid urea	Urease Inhibitor:- N-butyl-thiophosphoric-triamide (NBPT)	Minimum of 0.05% NBPT in the solid urea	Percentage of NBPT in the solid urea.	Urea with urease inhibitor N-butyl thiophosphoric triamide

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28th April 2004

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Joe Walsh

Minister for Agriculture and Food

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations provide for the list of Authorised Biological agents for use with Type Designated Fertilisers Containing Certain Forms of Nitrogen