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--- algae:fertiliser_products [2026-08-02 08:04] – [Product Function Categories (PFCs) and Algae] robert
+++ algae:fertiliser_products [2026-09-13 17:30] (current) – Mostly rename EURlex robert
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 ==== Overview of the Fertilising Products Regulation ====
-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, OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 1. [[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02019R1009-20251230|EUR-Lex]]
+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, OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 1. [[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02019R1009-20251230|EURlex]]
 The FPR establishes a voluntary EU harmonised framework for Product Function Categories — PFC:
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   * __CMC 12 — Recovered high purity materials (pyrolysis and gasification materials)__ and related CMCs: less directly relevant to algae but include some algal biomass-derived biochar pathways.
-Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1171 adding recovered high-purity materials as a CMC. [[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R1171|EUR-Lex]]
+Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1171 adding recovered high-purity materials as a CMC [[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R1171|EURlex]] has added CMC 15 and provides purity and safety criteria for those recovered materials.
-Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 on digital labelling of EU fertilising products. [[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32024R2516|EUR-Lex]]
+Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 on digital labelling of EU fertilising products [[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32024R2516|EURlex]] is laying out detailed conditions and procedures for FPR labelling.
 The CMC framework is under ongoing development; new CMCs covering additional algal and organic material categories are expected as the FPR continues to evolve. Producers should monitor the Commission's work on FPR revision closely.
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 PFC 6 biostimulants must have their claimed effects documented — the FPR requires that the claimed beneficial effect on the plant (nutrient use efficiency, stress tolerance, quality, etc.) be specified on the label and substantiated. For algae-derived biostimulants, the scientific evidence for biostimulant activity has grown substantially in recent years, with commercial experience of liquid seaweed extracts (primarily from //Ascophyllum nodosum// and //Ecklonia maxima//) being the most established. Regulators implementing the FPR expect documentation of the biostimulant effect under relevant EU growing conditions.
-Note that a biostimulant claim under the FPR is not equivalent to a plant protection claim under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 (Plant Protection Products Regulation, PPR). If an algae-derived product is marketed with a claim to protect against a plant pest or disease, it crosses into plant protection product territory and must be authorised under the PPR, a much more demanding pathway. The boundary between "biostimulant" (FPR) and "plant protection product" (PPR) can be unclear in practice.
+Note that a biostimulant claim under the FPR is not equivalent to a plant protection claim under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 (Plant Protection Products Regulation, PPR) [[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02009R1107-20221121|EURlex]]. If an algae-derived product is marketed with a claim to protect against a plant pest or disease, it crosses into plant protection product territory and must be authorised under the PPR, a much more demanding pathway. The boundary between "biostimulant" (FPR) and "plant protection product" (PPR) can be unclear in practice.
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