{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-657/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-657/article-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": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Minimum required performance limits",
  "text": "The appropriate authority shall ensure that the analytical methods used for detecting the following substances meet the minimum required performance limits (MRPLs) set out in Annex II, against the matrixes referred to in that Annex:\n(a) chloramphenicol;\n(b) nitrofuran metabolites;\n(c) medroxyprogesterone.\n(d) malachite green.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Replaced by 2004/25/EC: Commission Decision of 22 December 2003 amending Decision 2002/657/EC as regards the setting of minimum required performance limits (MRPLs) for certain residues in food of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 4961)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1461), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2002/657/article/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."
}