decree amending the decree implementing the fertiliser act and the decree on the use of fertilisers transfer of the fertiliser act 1947 and the decree on the quality and use of other organic fertilisers 22 pages in dutch . this amending decree transfers the legislation on the trading of fertilisers from the fertiliser act 1947 and the quality requirements for sewage sludge and compost from the decree on the quality and use of other organic fertilisers to the fertiliser act. the dosage standards included in the decree on the quality and use of other organic fertilisers and the spreading provisions for compost and sewage sludge are transferred to the decree on the use of fertilisers. by means of these amendments all the regulations on the trading of fertilisers are integrated into the decree implementing the fertiliser act and all the regulations on the use of fertilisers will be integrated into the decree on the use of fertilisers. the transfer will be put into effect as follows the old allowance system for fertilisers will be repealed. these fertilisers will now be regulated by generic provisions articles 5 to 19 of the decree implementing the fertiliser act regarding labelling the nutrient content with regard to the amount of minerals and origin agricultural requirements minimum level of nutrients or organic matter content and environmental requirements maximum level of heavy metals . with regard to eu fertilisers that are regulated on the basis of regulation ec no 2003 2003 no provisions have been made. since inclusion under the fertiliser act without further provisions results in waste materials such as pseudo-fertilisers being withdrawn from the waste system of the environmental management act which may in turn result in a flow of possibly polluted waste materials into agriculture there is a provision for defining the environmental management act and the fertiliser act. in principle waste materials are excluded from the application of the fertiliser system. an exception is made for substances that from an environmental and agricultural point of view may be traded and used as fertilisers. these substances will be included within the scope of the fertiliser act through a positive list by ministerial regulation and deleted from the waste system following individual tests based on agricultural and environmental criteria. articles 5 to 19 of the decree implementing the fertiliser act may contain technical regulations