{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1983-514/annex/division-14/division-5/division-5.2/division-5.2.8/division-5.2.8.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1983-514/annex/division-14/division-5/division-5.2/division-5.2.8/division-5.2.8.2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1983/514",
  "legislation_title": "Third Commission Directive of 27 September 1983 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to methods of analysis necessary for checking the composition of cosmetic products (83/514/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1983-514",
  "path": "annex/division/14/division/5/division/5.2/division/5.2.8/division/5.2.8.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.2.8.2",
  "heading": "Concentration of mercaptoacetic acid present in the sample",
  "text": "If ‘t’ represents mercaptoacetic acid:\nlet:\nkt its response factor,\nSt its peak area.\nIf ‘c’ represents methyl octanoate:\nlet:\nmc its mass (in mill grams) in the mixture,\nSc its peak area,\nM the mass (in milligrams) of the initial test portion,\nthen the % (m/m) mercaptoacetic acid present in the sample is:\nm c M × k t ×S t S c × 100",
  "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/eudr/1983/514/annex/division/14/division/5/division/5.2/division/5.2.8/division/5.2.8.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:36.810601+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."
}