D1.3 Report on the BBF Regulatory Framework in the EU and CELAC countries

Abstract

The main aims of the H2020 project FERTIMANURE focus on the development of production methods as well as the scaling-up of the production and use of biobased fertilisers (BBFs) derived from livestock manure, which shall be tailored for specific crop needs that will prove competitive in today's market. The project description also touches aspects of the treatment of the raw material. However, such raw material and most of the semi-processed products are neither with their product characteristics nor legally comparable to defined mineral fertilisers. This document looks at both the current and the impending regulation in order to provide a full picture on how the EU regulates certain fertiliser products. This document will pay special attention to the legislation that is relevant for processed biobased materials derived from manure in order to be used with the same rights and obligations that apply for mineral fertilisers. The relevant sections of Regulation (EC) 2019/1009 (also referred to as Fertiliser Products Regulation - FPR) have been summarised to provide an overview of the regulation. There are many similarities between the two regulations that will be highlighted in this document as well as the differences. There was a clear need for a drastic update to the regulation surrounding fertiliser products and in order to avoid such a gap in the regulation in future; it is likely that Regulation (EC) 2019/1009 will be adapted further and added to as the production of fertilisers further progresses. Specific legislation framework regarding CELAC countries has been developed specially for Argentina and Chile as participants in FERTIMANURE. Finally, this document provides a comparative analysis of the environmental legislation of the Argentine Republic and the EU and Chile and the EU, including the background of both and the Latin American regional blocks to which Argentina is a member (Mercosur), and others to which it is not a member, but which are considered for the comprehensive analysis (CAN).