Scientific Aspects Underlying the Regulatory Framework in the Area of Fertilisers – State of Play and Future Reforms
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15-12-2016
This document was prepared by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) on the proposed cadmium regulation for phosphate fertilisers. Cadmium is a metal that can have adverse health effects on the general population. The use of mineral phosphate fertilisers contributes to about 60% of current cadmium emissions to soil. The proposed regulation aims to reduce soil and crop cadmium concentrations on the long term in most European regions.
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Eric Smolders
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- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- cadmium
- chemical fertiliser
- chemistry
- deterioration of the environment
- economic analysis
- ECONOMICS
- ENVIRONMENT
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU law
- EU office or agency
- EU statistics
- European Food Safety Authority
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- fertiliser industry
- impact study
- INDUSTRY
- iron, steel and other metal industries
- means of agricultural production
- phosphorus
- pollution from agricultural sources
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- quality standard
- technology and technical regulations