prSRPS EN 1482-3:2025

Fertilizers, liming materials and inhibitors - Sampling and sample preparation - Part 3: Sampling of static heaps

Scope

This document is applicable to the sampling of solid fertilizers and liming materials that have an uniform composition and do not have tendency to segregation.
NOTE 1 The term product is used throughout the body of this document and is understood to include fertilizers, liming materials and inhibitors unless otherwise indicated.
NOTE 2 Manufacturers, importers and sellers can choose to use this method to obtain samples of other products or blends as well as long as both parties to a transaction agree. The build-up of a static heap often leads to granulometric segregation, which makes the collection of a truly representative sample of many products and blends unlikely.
NOTE 3 It is the responsibility of manufacturers, importers and sellers, however, to ensure they supply a product that complies with its label declaration at the moment of delivery and fulfils the expectations of the end user at the moment of application.
NOTE 4 A method of obtaining a screening sample from a static heap can be found in Annex B.

Related directives

NOTE: If the word "harmonized" (marked in green) is not found in the field with the name of the directive, it means that the European standard is not cited in the OJEU.