{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-33/annex-IV/division-1/division-1.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-33/annex-IV/division-1/division-1.1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2004/33/EC of 22 March 2004 implementing Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for blood and blood components (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-33",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/1/division/1.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.1",
  "heading": "Liquid storage",
  "text": "Component\nTemperature of storage\nMaximum storage time\nRed cell preparations and whole blood (if used for transfusion as whole blood)\n+ 2 to + 6 °C\n28 to 49 days according to the processes used for collection, processing and storage\nPlatelet preparations\n+ 20 to + 24 °C\n5 days; may be stored for 7 days in conjunction with detection or reduction of bacterial contamination\nGranulocytes\n+ 20 to + 24 °C\n24 hours",
  "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/2004/33/annex/IV/division/1/division/1.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:49.438638+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."
}