Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products

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Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 - adopted by the co-legislators on 18 September 2024 - introducing amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products. This is a text with EEA relevance.

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Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 overhauled the rules relating to the presence of EU fertilising products on the market. It harmonised the requirements for fertilisers produced from phosphate minerals and from organic or secondary raw materials in the European Union (EU), and it also harmonised limits for a range of contaminants. The Act also introduces labelling requirements that are more extensive than the legislative framework it replaced. This reflected new social demands and concerns, as well as the opening of the market to products that are innovative and unknown.

The amendments introduced by this Regulation address arising issues relating to the readability of labels and their management by economic operators.

A draft law was adopted by the European Commission on 27 February 2023. The European Parliament's relevant committee adopted a negotiating position on the proposed text on 3 November. The Council of the European Union adopted its own general approach to the proposal on 17 November. An informal agreement between the co-legislators on a compromise text for this file was reached on 23 January 2024. This was formally adopted by the Parliament on 12 March and by the Council on 22 July. The Act was signed by the co-legislators on 18 September 2024 and published in the Official Journal on 30 September 2024.

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EUR-LEX: COM(2023)98: Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2023:98:FIN
EUR-LEX: SWD(2023)48: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Subsidiarity Grid https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2023:48:FIN
EUR-LEX: SWD(2023)49: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Impact Assessment Report https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2023:49:FIN
EUR-LEX: SWD(2023)50: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Executive Summary of the Impact Assessment Report https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2023:50:FIN
Publications Office of the EU: EU Law Tracker: Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products https://law-tracker.europa.eu/procedure/2023_49?lang=en
European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on Digital labelling of EU fertilising products (2023/0049(COD)) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2023/0049(COD)
European Parliament: Legislative Train Schedule: Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/file-digital-labelling-of-eu-fertilising-products
General Secretariat of the Council (EU): Policies: Chemicals https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/chemicals/
European Parliament: IMCO Commitee: Digital Labelling of Fertilising Products https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/digital-labelling-of-fertilising-product/product-details/20230711CDT11983
European Commission: Public Consultations: Chemicals – simplification and digitalisation of labelling requirements (2021-2022) https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12992-Chemicals-simplification-and-digitalisation-of-labelling-requirements_en
European Commission: DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs: News, 27/02/2023: Commission proposes digital labelling for EU fertilising products to better inform users and reduce costs https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-proposes-digital-labelling-eu-fertilising-products-better-inform-users-and-reduce-costs-2023-02-27_en
Council of the European Union: Press Release, 17/11/2023: Council adopts position on digital labelling in the fertilisers sector https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/11/17/council-adopts-position-on-digital-labelling-in-the-fertilisers-sector/
Spanish Government (La Moncloa): News, 17/11/2023: EU Council adopts its position on digital labelling in the fertiliser sector https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/gobierno/news/paginas/2023/20231117_eu-fertilizer-labeling.aspx
European Parliament: Press Release, 22/01/2024: Agreement on harmonised EU rules for digital labels for fertilisers https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240122IPR17015/
Council of the European Union: Press Release, 22/01/2024: Fertilisers’ labelling: Council and Parliament strike provisional deal to make fertilisers’ labelling, clearer, simpler and more digital https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/01/22/fertilisers-labelling-council-and-parliament-strike-provisional-deal-to-make-fertilisers-labelling-clearer-simpler-and-more-digital/
Council of the European Union: Press Release, 22/07/2024: Chemicals: Council adopts legislation on fertilisers labelling https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/07/22/chemicals-council-adopts-legislation-on-fertilisers-labelling/

News
Agriland, 17/11/2023: EU council adopts position on digital fertiliser labels https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/eu-council-adopts-position-on-digital-fertiliser-labels/
Agriland, 23/07/2024: EU adopts regulation on digital labelling for fertilisers https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/eu-adopts-regulation-on-digital-labelling-for-fertilisers/

Commentary and Analysis
European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS): Briefing, 06/02/2024: Digital labelling of EU fertilising products https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2023)747904
Cautrecasas: Legal Developments, 31/07/2024: Digital labelling of EU fertilising products https://www.cuatrecasas.com/en/portugal/life-sciences-healthcare/art/digital-labelling-of-eu-fertilising-products-1

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