{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-657/annex/part-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-657/annex/part-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2002/657",
  "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-657",
  "path": "annex/part/4",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "4.",
  "heading": "ABBREVIATIONS USED",
  "text": "AAS\nAtomic absorption spectrometry\nAES\nAtomic emission spectrometry\nAOAC-I\nAssociation of Official Analytical Chemists INTERNATIONAL\nB\nbound fraction (immunoassays)\nCI\nchemical ionisation\nCRM\nCertified reference material\nCV\ncoefficient of variation\n2 D\ntwo dimensional\nDAD\ndiode array detection\nDPASV\ndifferential pulse anodic stripping voltametry\nECD\nelectron capture detection\nEI\nelectronic impact ionisation\nGC\ngas chromatography\nHPLC\nhigh performance liquid chromatography\nHPTLC\nhigh performance thin layer chromatography\nHRMS\nhigh resolution (mass spectrometry)\nICP-AES\ninductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry\nICP-MS\ninductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry\nIR\ninfrared\nISO\nInternational Standard Organisation\nLC\nliquid chromatography\nLR(MS)\nlow resolution (mass spectrometry)\nMRPL\nMinimum required performance limit\nMS\nmass spectrometry\nm/z\nmass/charge ratio\nRF\nrelative migration to the solvent front (TLC)\nRSDL\nrelative standard deviations of the laboratory\nSIM\nselected ion monitoring\nTLC\nthin layer chromatography\nUV\nultra violet light\nVIS\nvisible light",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2002/657/annex/part/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:31.211349+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}