Fertilisers and Plant Biostimulants under the Fertilising Products Regulation

This online training sheds light on recent regulatory topics and gives helpful compliance tips. It will enhance your understanding of the EU Fertilising Products Regulation (EU) 2019/1009. It will also focus on biostimulants, which now fall under this same regulation, and discuss borderline cases with plant protection products.

13.03. — 14.03.2025
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A practical guide for fertilisers and plant biostimulants

This online training sheds light on recent regulatory topics and gives helpful compliance tips. It will enhance your understanding of the EU Fertilising Products Regulation (EU) 2019/1009. It will also focus on biostimulants, which now fall under this same regulation, and discuss borderline cases with plant protection products. Our goal is to ensure that you are well-informed about the regulatory requirements and best practices to maintain compliance and achieve certification for your fertilising products under the new regulation.

You will learn

  • the regulatory requirements and best practices to make your products compliant to the EU Fertilising Products Regulation (FPR)
  • the most important aspects of plant biostimulants and how to bring them on the market under the FPR
  • the importance of REACH for both biostimulants and fertilisers, and the specific requirements to comply with the FPR
  • how to draft a label for your CE fertiliser or biostimulant in line with the FPR
  • the responsibilities of different actors throughout the supply chain

Who will benefit from training?

  • Managing directors, managers, consultants and scientists working in the field of agrochemicals
  • Producers, distributors and downstream users of fertilizers and biostimulants
  • Technical experts from research and development
  • Product stewards
  • Regulators

Sectors that should take part:

  • Agrochemical industry
  • Special fertiliser, plant nutrition, biostimulants and biocontrol industry
  • Research institutes
  • Authorities
  • Professional associations
  • Contract laboratories/consultancies

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Programme

PLEASE NOTE: The indicated times refer to Central European Time CET.

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Thursday, 13 March 2025 | 10:00 – 13:00 CET
Introduction to the EU Fertiliser Products Regulation
  • History, general principles, recent updates and future developments, link with other regulations, focus on Product Function Categories (PFC) and how to identify the relevant PFC and check compliance
Focus on Component Material Categories (CMC)
  • Overview of the CMCs and how to check compliance of your ingredient(s) with the relevant CMC
Conformity assessment procedures and technical dossier
  • Internal production control (Module A) and plus supervised product testing (Module A1)
  • EU-type examination and Internal production control (Module B+C)
  • Quality assurance of the production process (Module D1)


Friday, 14 March 2025 | 10:00 – 13:00 CET
REACH + FPR: Practical solutions for fulfilling REACH criteria and including fertiliser use (PC12) in the dossier
  • Requirements and exemptions under the FPR and how to check if a substance is compliant
Focus on plant biostimulants
  • Terminology, general principles, practical examples, specific requirements for biostimulants under the FPR, borderline cases
  • Link with national legislations (some examples)
  • Labelling of fertilising products according to the FPR
Summary & discussion

Speakers

Name

Company

Federica Iaccino

ARCHE Consulting, Belgium

Jansen

Leen Jansen

ARCHE Consulting, Belgium

Leen Jansen is a Biochemist has a degree in Biotechnology and started working as a consultant for ARCHE Consulting in 2015. She has experience with the regulation of biocides, plant protection products, and plant nutrition products (fertilizers and biostimulants). Her focus is on environmental exposure assessment and ecotoxicological risk assessment.

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This training is going to be held online.
You can reach us directly at:
Phone : +49 231 75896-50
Email: info@akademie-fresenius.de
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Sabine Mummenbrauer

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Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de

Sabine Mummenbrauer

Your Contact

Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de

Sabine Mummenbrauer

Your Contact

Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de

Jennifer Zerth

Your Contact

Jennifer Zerth
Organisation and participant management

+49 231 75896-79
jzerth@akademie-fresenius.de

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Monika Stratmann

Monika Stratmann
Phone: +49 231 75896-48
info@akademie-fresenius.de

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