{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1984-500/annex-II/division-5/division-5.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1984-500/annex-II/division-5/division-5.1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1984/500",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 15 October 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (84/500/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1984-500",
  "path": "annex/II/division/5/division/5.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.1",
  "heading": "Preparation of the sample",
  "text": "The sample must be clean and free from grease or other matter likely to affect the test.\nWash the sample in a solution containing a household liquid detergent at a temperature of approximately 40 °C. Rinse the sample first in tap-water and then in distilled water or water of equivalent quality. Drain and dry so as to avoid any stain. The surface to be tested is not to be handled after it has been cleaned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2005/31/EC of 29 April 2005 amending Council Directive 84/500/EEC as regards a declaration of compliance and performance criteria of the analytical method for ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1984/500/annex/II/division/5/division/5.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:36.101961+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."
}