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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-73/annex-2I/division-C.23/division-1/division-1.8/division-1.8.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-73/annex-2I/division-C.23/division-1/division-1.8/division-1.8.2.json",
  "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.23/division/1/division/1.8/division/1.8.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.8.2",
  "heading": "Test substance application",
  "text": "For addition to and distribution in soil, the test substance can be dissolved in water (deionised or distilled) or, when necessary, in minimum amounts of acetone or other organic solvents (6) in which the test substance is sufficiently soluble and stable. However, the amount of solvent selected should not have a significant influence on soil microbial activity (see sections 1.5 and 1.9.2-1.9.3 The use of solvents which inhibit microbial activity, such as chloroform, dichloromethane and other halogenated solvents, should be avoided.\nThe test substance can also be added as a solid, e.g. mixed in quartz sand (6) or in a small sub-sample of the test soil which has been air-dried and sterilised. If the test substance is added using a solvent the solvent should be allowed to evaporate before the spiked sub-sample is added to the original non-sterile soil sample.\nFor general chemicals, whose major route of entry into soil is through sewage sludge/farming application, the test substance should be first added to sludge which is then introduced into the soil sample (see sections 1.9.2 and 1.9.3)\nThe use of formulated products is not routinely recommended. However, e.g. for poorly soluble test substances, the use of formulated material may be an appropriate alternative.",
  "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.23/division/1/division/1.8/division/1.8.2",
    "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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