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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-73/annex-2I/division-C.21/division-1/division-1.6/division-1.6.2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2004/73",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2004/73/EC of 29 April 2004 adapting to technical progress for the twenty-ninth time Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-73",
  "path": "annex/2I/division/C.21/division/1/division/1.6/division/1.6.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.6.2",
  "heading": "Selection and number of soils",
  "text": "One single soil is used. The recommended soil characteristics are as follows:\nsand content: not less than 50% and not greater than 75%;\npH: 5.5 -7.5;\norganic carbon content: 0.5 - 1.5%;\nthe microbial biomass should be measured (8)(9) and its carbon content should be at least 1 % of the total soil organic carbon.\nIn most cases, a soil with these characteristics represents a worst case situation, since adsorption of the test chemical is minimum and its availability to the microflora is maximum. Consequently, tests with other soils are generally unnecessary. However, in certain circumstances, e.g. where the anticipated major use of the test substance is in particular soils such as acidic forest soils, or for electrostatically charged chemicals, it may be necessary to use an additional soil.",
  "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/2004/73/annex/2I/division/C.21/division/1/division/1.6/division/1.6.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:47.605967+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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