For imported fertilizers:
- A certificate of registration or a letter of circulation (allowed to be used) issued by the country fertilizers competent (representative) authority. And in case that it is not required to be registered in the country of origin, then a letter stating that it is allowed to be used /or circulated issued by the competent (representative) authority of one of the OECD countries to be attached.
- A certificate of analysis for the fertilizer/soil conditioner from a government lab or a lab accredited by the competent authority in the country of origin or from a lab accredited according to the ISO / IEC 17025: 2005.
- A certificate from the manufacturer, or exporter proven the product safely on humans, animals, plants, the environment and soil.
- A copy of the product original label (country of origin) in English and to be translated into Arabic (legalized)
- The product technical data sheet/ Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
- The product proposed local label in Arabic and English
- An authorization letter issued by the producing company to the local company to sell/circulate the product within the UAE
For locally produced fertilizers:
- A certificate of analysis for the fertilizer/soil conditioner from the ministry labs or a lab recognized by the ministry in the UAE (local)"
- A certificate from the manufacturer proven the product safely on humans, animals, plants, the environment and soil.
- The product technical data sheet/ Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
- The product proposed local label in Arabic and English
To register a fertilizer/soil conditioner as an organic farming input:
In addition to the documents mentioned above, the following documents/conditions are required
- A valid certificate issued by the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology, or from a certifying body applying the (European or US or Japan) organic production standards, stating that the product is authorized for use in organic production
- A letter / declaration issued by the producing company stating that the products does not contain any GMOs and was not produced from any GMOs derived products
- Putting the UAE Organic Logo on the approved label according to the applied conditions and identified fees
