{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1976-211/annex-II/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1976-211/annex-II/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1976/211",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 20 January 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up by weight or by volume of certain prepackaged products (76/211/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1976-211",
  "path": "annex/II/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "REQUIREMENTS FOR CHECKING BATCHES OF PREPACKAGES",
  "text": "The checking of prepackages shall be carried out by sampling and shall be in two parts:\na check covering the actual contents of each prepackage in the sample,\nanother check on the average of the actual contents of the prepackages in the sample.\nA batch of prepackages shall be considered acceptable if the results of both these checks satisfy the acceptance criteria.\nFor each of these checks, there are two sampling plans:\none for non-destructive testing, i.e., testing which does not involve opening the package,\nthe other for destructive testing, i.e., testing which involves opening or destroying the package.\nFor economic and practical reasons, the latter test shall be limited to the absolutely essential minimum; it is less effective than the non-destructive test.\nDestructive testing shall therefore be used only when non-destructive testing is impracticable. As a general rule it shall not be applied to batches of fewer than 100 units.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive of 28 September 1978 adapting to technical progress the Annexes to Council Directives 75/106/EEC and 76/211/EEC on prepackaging (78/891/EEC)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1976/211/annex/II/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:46.665979+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."
}