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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-657/article-6",
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  "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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Interpretation of results",
  "text": "1. The result of an analysis shall be considered non-compliant if the decision limit of the confirmatory method for the analyte is exceeded.\n2. If a permitted limit has been established for a substance, the decision limit is the concentration above which it can be decided with a statistical certainty of 1 - ɑ that the permitted limit has been truly exceeded.\n3. If no permitted limit has been established for a substance, the decision limit is the lowest concentration level at which a method can discriminate with a statistical certainty of 1 - ɑ that the particular analyte is present.\n4. For substances listed in Group A of Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC, the ɑ error shall be 1 % or lower. For all other substances, the ɑ error shall be 5 % or lower.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2002/657/article/6",
    "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."
}