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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-657/annex/chapter-2.1/division-2.1.2.2",
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  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 12 August 2002 implementing Council Directive 96/23/EC concerning the performance of analytical methods and the interpretation of results (notified under document number C(2002) 3044) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/657/EC)",
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  "path": "annex/chapter/2.1/division/2.1.2.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1.2.2",
  "heading": "Specificity",
  "text": "A method shall be able to distinguish between the analyte and the other substances under the experimental conditions. An estimate to which extent this is possible has to be provided. Strategies to overcome any foreseeable interference with substances when the described measuring technique is used, e.g. homologues, analogues, metabolic products of the residue of interest have to be employed. It is of prime importance that interference, which might arise from matrix components, is investigated.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:31.211349+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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