Chemicals: Council adopts legislation on fertilisers labelling

The Council has today adopted a regulation for digital labelling of fertilising products. This is the last step in the decision-making procedure. The regulation approved today promotes the use of digital labels on EU fertilising products while keeping physical labels where they are necessary. It also improves the readability of labels and simplifies the labelling obligations of suppliers. 

The regulation updates the existing regulation about fertilizers’ labels. It promotes the use of digital labelling to reduce the costs, bureaucracy, and environmental footprint for producers. Digital labels will have a life-time of at least 10 years since a product is placed on the market. The regulation also ensures the availability of information by physical means to protect vulnerable consumers or people with limited digital competences. Digital labels will also be proposed for products sold in bulk, provided that the necessary information is also displayed in physical format in a visible place at the point of sale. The Commission will be empowered to update the general digital labelling requirements through delegated acts.