Representatives of the European Parliament and the EU Council marked an interim inter-institutional agreement on Tuesday 20 November on the proposal to revise the Regulation (2003/2003) relative to the fertiliser market in the European Union.
The maximum content of cadmium - a heavy metal that penetrates the food chain - in phosphate fertilisers has been set at 60 mg/kg to reduce risks to health and the environment.
Applicable three years after the entry into force of the Regulation,...