For the purposes of the Fertilisers Act, the handling of a fertiliser means the production, packaging, marking and import of a fertiliser into Estonia for distribution purposes, and the distribution of a fertiliser. A legal person, a sole proprietor, a state agency, or a local authority agency may be the handler of a fertiliser.
An undertaking or establishment that wishes to start activity as a handler of fertilisers is required to submit a notice of economic activities in the relevant area of activity prior to commencement of economic activities
Legal bases
The economic activity of a handler of fertilisers is regulated by the following legislation:
- Fertilisers Act;
- General Part of the Economic Activities Code Act;
- Statutes of the register of fertilisers;
- Requirements for the packaging of fertilisers and for the corresponding information sheets;
- Requirements for the composition of fertilisers by fertiliser type;
- Procedure for taking samples of fertilisers and the methodology for analysing samples;
- The code of the combined nomenclature of fertilisers (CN code);
- Regulation (EC) No. 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- Regulation (EC) No. 2019/515 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Completing and submitting a notice
A notice of economic activities must contain the following information:
- primary data of the undertaking;
- the undertaking’s postal address and contact details;
- the address of the undertaking’s seat (if it differs from the postal address);
- information (about the place of business) of the undertaking, if it differs from the contact details of the undertaking;
- area of activity and its classification code that the notice of economic activities is submitted for;
- fertiliser details (type, trade name, country of origin, CN code, composition and way of making of the fertiliser);
- contact details of the person who signed the notice. A board member or other authorised person signs a notice of economic activities. If an authorised person signed the notice, a letter of authorisation must be added to the application.
You can submit the notice of economic activities:
- via the client portal of the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture (authentication is required);
- by post at: Põllumajandus- ja Toiduameti taimekaitse ja väetise osakond, Teaduse 2, Saku 75501, Harjumaa
The form for the notice of economic activities is available on the website of the Agriculture and Food Board. Those filing electronically complete the notice directly in the information system and do not need to prepare a separate document on paper.
Payment of state fee
A handler of fertilisers shall pay a state fee charged for the acts of supervising the conformity of the fertiliser in the year of commencement of the handling of the fertiliser upon submission of the notice of economic activities and in each subsequent calendar year by 10 January until termination of the handling of the fertiliser.
The amount of the state fee depends on the size of the fertiliser packaging:
- EUR 10 in the case of fertilisers in packages of up to 25 kg or 25 litres;
- EUR 160 in the case of fertilisers in packages of more than 25 kg or 25 litres and fertilisers in bulk.
The state fee can be paid on the website of Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture.
You can transfer the state fee to one of the bank accounts of the Ministry of Finance with reference number 2900082184:
- SEB – EE891010220034796011
- Swedbank – EE932200221023778606
- Luminor Bank – EE701700017001577198
- LHV Pank EE777700771003813400
In addition, a state fee of EUR 10 is due for the submission of the notice of economic activities in a manner other than through the client portal of Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture.
The state fee must be paid before the submission of the notice.
For more detailed information about state fees, please contact to Agriculture and Food Board, e-mail [email protected] or by phone +372 5551 4314.
Supervision
State supervision is performed by the Agriculture and Food Board.
Contact details
Substantive information
Katrin Laud, Agriculture and Food Board, tel: +372 671 2645, e-mail: [email protected]
Katrin Tammvere, Agriculture and Food Board, tel: 5362 3140, e-mail: [email protected]
Registry information and technical questions
Client portal of the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, e-mail: [email protected]