Possible fertiliser products or input materials (CMCs), as below, are requested by the EU standardisation organisation CEN to calibrate CE-standard testing methods. The samples are needed for “ring testing” by laboratories working with CEN TC 260 - WG 8 (EU standards mandate M564 for the EU Fertilising Products Regulation). Obtaining a range of samples of these materials is important to enable development of reliable and reproducible testing methods, and inter-laboratory validation, to facilitate EU fertilising product CE-mark certification. Materials provided do NOT need to be CE-mark certified, but should correspond approximately to the EU FPR specifications of the CMC or PFC specified below.
- CMC 11 By-Products (as defined here) - to test total content of some elements, dry matter content and organic matter content: 30 kg samples;
- CMC 13 Thermal oxidation materials & derivates (ashes & materials derived from ashes, as defined here) - to test dry matter content: 10 kg samples;
- CMC 15 Recovered high purity materials (as defined here), including recovered ammonium salts - to test dry matter content and organic matter content: 20 kg samples;
- PFC-I-(C) – Inorganic fertilisers, specifically with MORE THAN 1% organic carbon – to test chemical and microbiological parameters: 35 kg samples.
If you can provide sample(s) of one or more of these materials, please contact Olivier Teitgen and Laure Metzger with copy to ESPP .