Article 1
1. By-products belonging to Component Material Category (CMC) 11 referred to in Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, which provide nutrients to plants or mushrooms or improve their nutrition efficiency, shall meet the following criteria for agronomic efficiency and safety: (a) contain at least 95 % by dry matter of ammonium salts, sulphate salts, phosphate salts, elemental sulphur, calcium carbonate or calcium oxide, or mixtures thereof; (b) are produced as an integral part of a production process that uses as input materials substances and mixtures, other than animal by-products or derived products within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 8 ) ; (c) have an organic carbon (C org ) content of no more than 0,5 % of the dry matter of the by-product; (d) contain no more than 6 mg/kg dry matter of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH 16 ) ( 9 ) ; (e) contain no more than 20 ng WHO toxicity equivalents ( 10 ) /kg dry matter of the polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF) ( 11 ) . An EU fertilising product containing or consisting of by-products providing nutrients to plants or mushrooms or improving their nutrition efficiency shall contain no more than: (a) 400 mg/kg dry matter of total chromium (Cr); (b) 2 mg/kg dry matter of thallium (Tl). 2. By-products belonging to CMC 11 referred to in Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, which are used as technical additives, shall meet the following criteria for agronomic efficiency and safety: (a) have the role to improve the safety or agronomic efficiency of the EU fertilising product; (b) are present in the EU fertilising product at a total concentration of no more than 5 % by mass; (c) contain no more than 6 mg/kg dry matter of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH 16 ); (d) contain no more than 20 ng WHO toxicity equivalents ( 12 ) /kg dry matter of the polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF).