Fertilizer Ordinance

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Basic data
Title: Ordinance on the placing on the market of fertilizers, soil additives, growing media and plant additives
Short title: Fertilizer Ordinance
Abbreviation: DüMV
Type: Federal Ordinance
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Issued on the basis of: Sections 5, 7–9, 15 Fertilizer Act
Legal matter: Commercial administrative law ,
agricultural law
References : 7820-15-2
Original version from: July 9, 1991
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1450 )
Entry into force on: July 20, 1991
Last revision from: December 5, 2012
( BGBl. I p. 2482 )
Entry into force of the
new version on: 		December 14, 2012
Last change by: Art. 1 Regulation of 2 October 2019
( Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1414 )
Effective date of the
last change: 		October 10, 2019
(Art. 2 of October 2, 2019)
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The German Fertilizer Ordinance of December 16, 2008 (updated 2012) regulates the approval and labeling of fertilizers . The type list as an essential part of the Fertilizer Ordinance is divided into the following sections:

  • Straight mineral fertilizers:
  • Mineral compound fertilizers :
    • NPK fertilizer,
    • NP fertilizer,
    • NK fertilizer,
    • PK fertilizer.
  • Organic and organic-mineral fertilizers:
    • Without the use of secondary raw materials,
    • using secondary raw materials.
  • Fertilizers with micro-nutrients

See also

Web links

  • Text of the fertilizer regulation
  • Heinrich Beltz: New fertilizer regulation: the end of depot fertilizer? In: taspo.de . July 12, 2019, accessed on July 13, 2019 : “The wrappings of all products that have a medium or long duration of action are made of polymers, i.e.“ plastic ”. In order to ensure that no polymers accumulate in the soil, the new fertilizer ordinance (EU-DüMV) requires that the layers of the fertilizer break down by 90 percent within 48 months - Art. 42 "