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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-85/annex-XIII/part-B/division-1/division-1.3",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2003/85",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-85",
  "path": "annex/XIII/part/B/division/1/division/1.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.3",
  "heading": "Nucleic acid detection methods",
  "text": "The standards for the detection of foot-and-mouth disease viral RNA shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 89(2) after consultation of the Community Reference Laboratory.\nThe Commission may arrange that for future standardisation, comparative testing of the sensitivity of RNA detection methods is carried out between National Laboratories.\nThe Commission may arrange that, taking into account the practical difficulties of storing nucleic acids for prolonged periods of time, standardised quality assurance reagents for the detection of foot-and-mouth viral RNA will become available from the Community Reference Laboratory.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/85/annex/XIII/part/B/division/1/division/1.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:52.569704+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."
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