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Fertilizers Act No. 136/2000.

Country
Slovakia
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
This Act, which is composed of 20 paragraphs and eight Annexes, lays down: (a) conditions for the marketing of fertilizers, growing substrates and soil improvers to modify the properties of soil; (b) certification of fertilizers; (c) conditions for the storage and use of fertilizers, secondary sources of nutrients and compost; (d) conditions for agrochemical testing of agricultural land and the identification of the soil properties of forest land; (e) conditions of management in vulnerable areas; (f) competence of the state administration bodies in the field of fertilizers, growing substrates and soil auxiliaries; (g) fines for breaching of the obligations laid down by this Act. Only fertilizers which have been certified and registered in the register of certified fertilizers may be placed on the market.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/slo183167.pdf
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/slo183167original.pdf
Web site
http://www.zakonypreludi.sk
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 1 January 2001.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Collection of Laws No. 136 of 2000
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Zákon o hnojivách.
Amended by
Act amending Fertilizers Act.
Act amending and supplementing the Fertilizers Act.
Act no. 203/2009 amending and supplementing the Act on the application of sewage sludge and bottom sediments into the land and on supplementation of the Act on waste and amending of certain acts, and amending and supplementing the Fertilizers Act..
Act amending the Fertilizers Act.
Implemented by
Decree laying down details on the management of agricultural land in vulnerable areas.
Decree laying down details on agrochemical testing of soil and on the storage and use of fertilizers.
Decree laying down details on the procedure of soil sampling, the method and scope of agrochemical soil testing, the identification of soil properties of forest land and the keeping records on soil fertilization and plant nutrition status on agricultural land and forest land.
Decree establishing types of fertilizers, composition, packaging and labelling of fertilizers, analytical methods of testing fertilizers, hazardous elements, their limit values for individual groups of fertilizers, allowed offsets and limit values for faming fertilizers.
Decree establishing details on certification of fertilizers and acceptance of results of laboratory and vegetable tests of fertilizers.
Decree supplementing the Decree establishing types of fertilizers, scope of hazardous elements, conditions of taking and storage of samples, methods of testing fertilizers, cultivating substrates and soil additive substances.
Decree on the registration of fertilizers and acceptance of results of laboratory and vegetal testing of fertilizers.
Decree on agrochemical testing of soil and assessment of soil properties of forest lands.
Decree establishing types of fertilizers, scope of hazardous elements, conditions of taking and storage of samples, methods of testing fertilizers, cultivating substrates and soil additive substances.