ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Part I of Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 is amended as follows: (1) in point 1, subpoint (f) is replaced by the following: ‘(f) for products containing a polymer referred to in Part II, section CMC 9, point 1(a) or (b), of Annex II: (i) the time period following use during which the nutrient release is being controlled or the water retention capacity is being increased (the “functionality period”), which shall not be longer than the period between two applications in accordance with the use instructions referred to in point (d) of this point; (ii) an instruction to apply the product in compliance with the buffer zones required for fertilising products in accordance with the relevant national rules or, in the absence of such rules, to apply the product at least 3 m from any surface water body;’; (2) point 7 is replaced by the following: ‘7. The end-user shall be instructed not to use the product in contact with soil, and in collaboration with the manufacturer, to make sure of a sound disposal of the product after end of use where the EU fertilising product: (a) is a growing medium as referred to in Part II, section PFC 4, point 2a, of Annex I; or (b) contains a polymer with the purpose of binding material in the product as referred to in Part II, section CMC 9, point 1(c) of Annex II, which does not meet any of the requirements in Part II, section CMC 1, point 1(f)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of that Annex.’.