Within the circular economy ambitions of the European Commission, a new Regulation for Fertilising Products has come into force on 16th July 2022. The scope of this Fertilising product regulation (FPR) has been extended to include organic fertilisers, soil improvers and growing media and biostimulants for plants. It is intended to open the internal EU market to organic and Recycling-Derived Fertilising products (RDF products).
The general objective of the FPR is to incentivise the large-scale production of fertilising products from domestic organic materials or secondary raw materials in the EU.
The Interreg North West Europe project ReNu2Cycle aims to encourage the uptake of recycling-derived fertiliser products in the European market. That is why the project partners submitted a feedback paper on 19 September 2025, supported by other research projects.
Feedback on the specific objectives of the FPR - highlights
- Improved functioning of the internal market and a level playing field
- Reducing the administrative burden resulting from diverging national rules and incomplete application of the mutual recognition of fertilising products.
- Improving the safety of fertilising products
- Ensuring coherence with other EU and national legislation to support investment
You can find the detailed feedback in this paper (click the pdf icon below).
The ReNu2Ccyle project has a strong policy evaluation and advocacy component. With this feedback, the project partners hope to contribute to the circular economy through the further improvement of the FPR and the creation of an EU wide market for RDF products.
This feedback paper is undersigned by the following research projects (Interreg and Horizon Europe):
- ReNu2Cycle - https://renu2cycle.nweurope.eu
- NutriBudget - https://www.nutribudget.eu
- FertiCovery - https://ferticovery.eu
- WalNUT - https://walnutproject.eu