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Surveillance of Fertilisers

 

The surveillance of fertilisers is regulated by The Law On Circulation of Fertilisers and the following Cabinet regulations:
  • Cabinet Regulations No. 247 from 25 June, 2002 "Provisions of Identification, Conformity Assessment and Trade of Fertilisers";
  • Cabinet Regulations No. 285 from 2 July 2002, "Provisions Concerning State Fee for Registration of Fertilisers and Payment Procedure thereof"
The following documents have to be submitted for the registration of fertilisers:
  1. registration application;
  2. copy of the registration certificate issued by Commercial Register;
  3. original of the certificate (packager submits copy of the certificate); if fertiliser has been produced in the Member State of the EU or EFTA country, the testing report and producer’s, processor’s or blend preparer’s declaration is submitted on conformity with identification requirements contained in these provisions and requirements on the maximum admissible levels of admixtures in the fertiliser in question (translation into Latvian);
  4.  text sample presented on the label with information in Latvian;
  5. the list of wholesales locations, where it is intended to offer for sale the fertiliser in question (indicating the company and address). Information on any changes in the list must be notified by the applicant to the Service within 10 working days of the respective changes taking place.
Fertiliser is registered upon meeting the following conditions:
  1.  in case, fertiliser has been produced or processed in the Member State of the EU or EFTA country or in case, a blend has been produced out of the fertilisers therefrom:
    • testing report has been received from the producer;
    • declaration has been received from the producer, processor or preparator of the blend certifying conformity with Cabinet Regulations No. 247 from 25 June „Provisions of Identification, Conformity Assessment and Trade of Fertilisers”
  2. if fertiliser has been produced or processed in country which is not a Member State of the EU or EFTA or, in case, blend has been produced out of fertilisers therefrom:
    • testing report has been received issued by the notified institution;
    •  testing report of the blend has been received from accredited testing laboratory, if the blend has been prepared from registered fertilisers;
    • certificate of the blend has been received, in case, there are unregistered constituents present;
  3. Text sample of the label or marking conforms to the requirements set out in Chapter IV of Cabinet Regulations No. 247 from 25 June 2002 „Provisions of Identification, Conformity Assessment and Trade of Fertilisers” (packed fertilisers);
  4.  the state fee on fertiliser registration has been paid. (The fee is payable subsequent to receiving the decision of the Fertilisers Surveillance Unit on registration). 
  5. To receive the fertiliser registration certificate, the receipt confirming the transaction on payment of the state fee, should be submitted to Fertilisers Surveillance Unit of SPPS.