{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1976-211/annex-II/division-2/division-2.2/division-2.2.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1976-211/annex-II/division-2/division-2.2/division-2.2.1.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/division/2.2/division/2.2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.2.1",
  "heading": "Non-destructive testing",
  "text": "Non-destructive testing shall be carried out in accordance with a double sampling plan as shown in the table below:\nThe first number of prepackages checked shall be equal to the number of units in the first sample, as indicated in the plan:\nif the number of defective units found in the first sample is less than or equal to the first acceptance criterion, the batch shall be considered acceptable for the purpose of this check,\nif the number of defective units found in the first sample is equal to or greater than the first rejection criterion, thebatch shall be rejected,\nif the number of defective units found in the first sample lies between the first acceptance criterion and the first rejection criterion, a second sample shall be checked, the number of units in which is indicated in the plan.\nThe defective units found in the first and second samples shall be added together and:\nif the aggregate number of defective units is less than or equal to the second acceptance criterion, the batch shall be considered acceptable for the purpose of this check,\nif the aggregate number of defective units is greater than or equal to the second rejection criterion, the batch shall be rejected.\nNumber in batch\nSamples\nNumber of defective units\nOrder\nNumber\nAggregate number\nAcceptance criterion\nRejection criterion\n100 to 500\n1st\n30\n30\n1\n3\n2nd\n30\n60\n4\n5\n501 to 3 200\n1st\n50\n50\n2\n5\n2nd\n50\n100\n6\n7\n3 201 and over\n1st\n80\n80\n3\n7\n2nd\n80\n160\n8\n9",
  "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/division/2.2/division/2.2.1",
    "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."
}