No L 111/34 Official ‘Journal of the European Communities 22. 4. 89 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 13 April 1989 supplementing and -amending Directive 76/116/EEC in respect of the calcium, ' magnesium, sodium and sulphur content of fertilizers. (89/284/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof, ' Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), In cooperation with the European Parliament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (), Whereas measures need to be adopted for the progressive completion of the internal market by 31 December 1992 whereas the internal market is an area without -internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is guaranteed; Whereas Council Directive 76/116/EEC of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States. relating to fertilizers (¥), as last amended by Directive 88/183/EEC (), laid down rules for the marketing of solid EEC fertilizers ; whereas it has proved necessary ‘to extend the said Directive to-include the calcium, magnesium, sodium and sulphur contents. of such fertilizers ; Whereas Directive 76/116/EEC ‘may henceforth be applicable to fertilizers containing only calcium, magnesium and sulphur, () OJ No C 20, 26. 1. 1988, p. 5. () OJ No C 262, 10.-10. 1986, p. 82 and OJ No C 47, 27. 2. 1989. () OJ No C 134, 24. 5. 1988, p. 6. () OJ No L 24, 30. 1. 1976, p. 21. () OJ No L 83, 29. 3. 1988, p. 33. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 A declaration of the ‘magnesium, sodium and sulphur content of the EEC fertilizers listed in Annex I to Directive 76/116/EEC may be made provided that these elements are present in at least the minimum quantities specified in Article 2 of this Directive and that the EEC fertilizers continue to satisfy the requirements of Annex I to Directive 76/116/EEC. In such cases, the marking specified in point (b) of Article 6 of this Directive shall be added to the type designation. Article 2 A declaration of the magnesium, sodium and sulphur content of the EEC fertilizers referred to in Article 1 may be made only if they contain not less than: — 2% of magnesium oxide (MgO), ie. 1,2 % Mg, - 3% of sodium oxide (Na,0O), ie. 2,2 % Na, — 5% of sulphur trioxide (SO,), i.e.- 2% S. Article 3 1. Within the meaning of this Directive, a declaration of the calcium content considered to be a nutrient shall be made, without prejudice to paragraph 2, only for - fertilizers of types 1 and 2 as listed in Annex L Member States may stipulate that the calcium content of fertilizers marketed in their territories be expressed in the oxide form (CaO), in the elemental form (Ca), or in both of these forms.