CE marking for fertilisers made from animal by-products

What CMC 10 allows today

To be used as a component material on its own, a derived product from animal by-products must meet two conditions. It must have reached the end point in the manufacturing chain under the animal by-products rules (Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009). And it must be on the list in CMC 10.

Today the CMC 10 list has one material: processed manure. It was added by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1682.

What does “processed” mean? Read about processed manure and processed frass.

Compost, digestate, precipitated phosphate salts, thermal oxidation materials and pyrolysis or gasification materials can also be made from Category 2 or Category 3 animal by-products. For compost, digestate and ash, the end point has already been set in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1605. These products follow other CMCs and use Module D.1.

What the 2026 draft adds

On 13 April 2026 the European Commission published a draft Delegated Regulation that adds more derived products to CMC 10. Feedback closed on 11 May 2026. With the draft, CMC 10 would list these derived products:

• processed manure and processed frass;
• glycerine of Category 2 and 3 materials;
• processed animal protein;
• meat-and-bone meal of Category 2 materials;
• blood products of Category 3 materials;
• hydrolysed protein, including hydrolysed protein from leather or textile industry residues;
• dicalcium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate;
• horns, horn products, hooves and hoof products.

Each material must meet the end point conditions in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1605.

Not sure whether your material is Category 2 or Category 3? Read the difference between the categories.

Which module?

A product made only from CMC 10 materials, or from CMC 10 materials together with materials on the list for Module A, can use Module B + C. Module D.1 can be used for any product. If your product also contains compost, digestate other than fresh crop digestate, or materials from CMC 12 to 15, only Module D.1 is available.

Not sure which module fits? Do the free product check.

How we help

We build and finalise your Module B + C or Module D.1 dossier on the Gilbert FPR software (opens in a new tab), at a fixed price. We check your end point records and processing records against the CMC 10 conditions, so the file is ready to be assessed. While the rules are still a draft, we tell you which parts of your dossier may change when the final text is published.

Sources: Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, Annex II (CMC 10) and Annex IV; Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1682; Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1605; draft Delegated Regulation amending CMC 10, Ares(2026)3815505.

Fixed prices per dossier. See our prices. Notified body fees are not included.

What happens next

1. Step 1

   Product check

   We look at your product type and ingredients and tell you which module is likely.

2. Step 2

   Scoping call

   A 30-minute call about your product, the module and the licence option. You get a fixed quote after the call.

3. Step 3

   Dossier build

   We build and finalise your dossier on the Gilbert FPR software (opens in a new tab). You can view your dossier at all times.

4. Step 4

   Auditor review

   Your notified body or an authority reviews the file. We make sure it is ready to be assessed. With our archiving option, we deliver it to an auditor or authority within 24 hours.

Who you work with

• 20 years in the specialty fertiliser industry. Our founder Robert van Spingelen worked at Scotts Miracle-Gro and ICL Specialty Fertilisers.

• Robert van Spingelen is President of the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP).

• Notified bodies we currently work with: Certrust and EFCI.