{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1985-490/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1985-490/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1985/490",
  "legislation_title": "Fourth Commission Directive of 11 October 1985 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to methods of analysis necessary for checking the composition of cosmetic products (85/490/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1985-490",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that during official testing of cosmetic products:\nidentification and determination of glycerol l-(4-aminobenzoate),\ndetermination of chlorobutanol,\nidentification and determination of quinine,\nidentification and determination of inorganic sulphites and hydrogen sulphites,\nidentification and determination of chlorates of the alkali metals, and\nidentification and determination of sodium iodate are performed in accordance with the methods described in the Annex.",
  "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/1985/490/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:35.079616+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."
}