WTO notification · TBT
FranceProposed measure, open for comments
Order (Arrêté) amending the maximum cadmium content of certain fertilizing products as well as the maximum allowable inputs of this contaminant during the use of fertilizing products
Arrêté modifiant la teneur maximale en cadmium de certaines matières fertilisante ainsi que les apports maximaux admissibles de ce contaminant lors de l’utilisation des matières fertilisantes
France notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 9 November 2026. Comments are open until 8 January 2027.
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Fertilizing products placed on the market in accordance with national regulations and used in France. Fertilizing products placed on the market in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2019/1009 and used in France are not concerned
Les fertilisants mis sur le marché conformément à la réglementation nationale et utilisés en France. Les fertilisants mis sur le marché conformément au règlement (UE) n°2019/1009 et utilisés en France ne sont pas concernés
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Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)This interministerial Order amends two Orders by setting a schedule for lowering the maximum permissible cadmium contents for certain fertilizing materials and growing media on the one hand, as well as for the maximum permissible cadmium inputs during the use of fertilizing materials on the other. It applies to fertilizing materials and growing media placed on the market and used under the conditions provided for by articles L. 255-2 to L. 255-4 and by 1°, 3° and 5° of article L. 255-5 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code (Code rural et de la pêche maritime). Unless a measure is taken on the basis of article 114, paragraph 5 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, this Order shall not apply to fertilizing materials and growing media placed on the market and used under the conditions provided for by 2° of article L. 255-5, that is to say, fertilizers compliant with Regulation (EU) No 2019/1009. The two amended Orders are: Order of 18 September 2026 setting the values and methods for assessing the safety criteria and end-of-waste status of fertilizing materials and growing media; Order of 18 September 2026 setting the maximum permissible inputs of trace metal elements and organic trace compounds during the use of fertilizing materials
Cet arrêté interministériel modifie deux arrêtés en fixant un calendrier d'abaissement des teneurs maximales admissibles en cadmium pour certaines matières fertilisantes et supports de culture d’une part, ainsi que pour les apports maximaux admissibles de cadmium lors de l’utilisation des matières fertilisantes d’autre part. Il s’applique pour les matières fertilisantes et supports de culture mis sur le marché et utilisés dans les conditions prévues par les articles L. 255-2 à L. 255-4 et par les 1°, 3° et 5° de l’article L. 255-5 du Code rural et de la pêche maritime. Sauf à ce qu’une mesure soit prise sur le fondement de l’article 114, paragraphe 5 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l’Union européenne, cet arrêté ne s’appliquera pas aux matières fertilisantes et supports de culture mis sur le marché et utilisés dans les conditions prévues par le 2° de l’article L. 255-5, c’est-à-dire aux fertilisants conformes au règlement (UE) n° 2019/1009 Les deux arrêtés modifiés sont: Arrêté du 18 septembre 2026 fixant les valeurs et modalités d’appréciation des critères d’innocuité et de sortie de statut de déchet des matières fertilisantes et supports de culture; Arrêté du 18 septembre 2026 fixant les apports maximaux admissibles en éléments traces métalliques et en composés traces organiques lors de l’utilisation des matières fertilisantes
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