17.5.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 132/65 COMMISSION DECISION of 15 May 2002 on the national provisions notified by the Republic of Austria under Article 95(4) of the EC Treaty concerning the maximum admissible content of cadmium in fertilizers (notified under document number C(2002) 1850) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/366/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular Article 95(6) thereof, Whereas: I. FACTS 1. COMMUNITY LEGISLATION (1)  Council Directive 76/116/EEC of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to fertilisers ('), as last amended by Directive 98/97/EC (3), lays down the requirements that fertilisers must fulfil in order to be placed on the market with the designation ‘EC fertilisers’ (%). (2)  Annex I of Directive 76/116/EEC sets out the type designation and the corresponding requirements, e.g. with respect to its composition, that each EC-designated fertiliser must fulfil. EC-designated fertilisers included in this list are grouped into categories, depending on the content of the primary nutrients, i.e. the elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. (3)  Directive 76/116/EEC has been amended and adapted to technical progress several times in order, inter alia, to include new fertiliser-types in Annex I (4)  The amendments to Directive 76/116/EEC have been introduced by the following Directives: — Directive 88/183/EEC (%) has extended the scope of Directive 76/116/EEC to include in Annex I straight and compound fluids fertilisers, — Directive 89/284/EEC (°) has extended the scope of Directive 76/116/EEC to include in Annex I fertilisers containing calcium, magnesium, sodium and sulphur, — Directive 89/530/EEC (%) has extended the scope of Directive 76/116/EEC to include in Annex I solid or liquid fertilisers containing: — one of the following trace elements: boron, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc, — mixtures of such fertilisers containing at least two of these trace elements, — a list of authorised organic chelating agents for trace elements. ] L 24, 30.1.1976, p. 21. gL 18, 23.1.1999, p. 60. e term ‘EEC fertiliser' provided for by Directive 76/116/EEC was replaced by the term ‘EC fertiliser’ by Directive 7/63/EC (O] L 335, 6.12.1997, p. 15). ] L 83, 29.3.1988, p. 33. ] L 111, 22.4.1989, p. 34. ] L 281, 30.9.1989, p. 116.