No L 281/116 Official Journal of the Europear; Communities 30. 9. 89 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 18 September 1989 supplementing and amending Directive 76/116/EEC in respect of the- trace elements boron, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc contained in fertilizers (89/530/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 (3), Whereas it is necessary to adopt measures with the aim of progressively establishing the internal market over a period expiring- on 31 December 1992; whereas the internal market comprises an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured; 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 89/284/EEC (3, lays down rules on the marketing of EEC-type fertilizers ; whereas it has proved necessary to extend this Directive to-cover the seven trace elements (boron, - cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc)-contained in these fertilizers; () OJ No C 304, 29. 11. 1988, p. 8. () OJ No C 47, 20. 2. 1989, p. 75 and Decision of 15 September 1989 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No C 102, 24. 4. 1989, p. 9. () OJ No L 24, 30. 1. 1976, p. 21. () OJ No L 111, 22. 4. 1989, p. 34. Whereas Directive 76/116/EEC should henceforth apply to soluble fertilizers or fluids containing one or more trace elements marketed individually and mixtures thereof and to certain chelated trace elements; Whereas ~ the Directives on fertilizers should be continually : developed and updated as regards the adaptation to scientific and technical- progress of the products listed in the Annexes to those Directives; whereas for this purpose it is. considered necessary to extend the functions of the Committee provided for in Directive 76/116/EEC, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article -1 1. Solid or fluid fertilizers listed in . Chapter A of the Annex, containing only one of the following - trace elements: boron, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum or zinc and meeting the requirements of. . the said Chapter A, may be marked ‘EEC FERTILIZER'. 2.  Mixtures of two or more of the fertilizers referred to in- paragraph 1 containing at least two different trace elements may be marked ‘EEC FERTILIZER’ if they meet the requirements of Chapter B of the Annex. Article -2 EEC fertilizers complying with the provisions of Article 1 shall be packaged.