{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-73/annex-2I/division-C.23/division-3/division-1",
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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.23/division/3/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "TEST REPORT",
  "text": "The test report must include:\nTest substance:\ncommon name, chemical name, CAS number, structural formula (indicating position of label(s) when radiolabelled material is used) and relevant physical-chemical properties (see section 1.5);\npurity (impurities) of test substance;\nradiochemical purity of labelled chemical and specific activity (where appropriate);\nReference substances:\nchemical name and structure of reference substances used for the characterisation and/or identification of transformation product;\nTest soils:\ndetails of collection site;\ndate and procedure of soil sampling;\nproperties of soils, such as pH, organic carbon content, texture (% sand, % silt, % clay), cation exchange capacity, bulk density, water retention characteristic, and microbial biomass;\nlength of soil storage and storage conditions (if stored);\nTest conditions:\ndates of the performance of the studies;\namount of test substance applied;\nsolvents used and method of application for the test substance;\nweight of soil treated initially and sampled at each interval for analysis;\ndescription of the incubation system used;\nair flow rates (for flow-through systems only);\ntemperature of experimental set-up;\nsoil moisture content during incubation;\nmicrobial biomass initially, during and at the end of the aerobic studies;\npH, oxygen concentration and redox potential initially, during and at the end of the anaerobic and paddy studies;\nmethod(s) of extraction;\nmethods for quantification and identification of the test substance and major transformation products in soil and absorption materials;\nnumber of replicates and number of controls.\nResults:\nresult of microbial activity determination;\nrepeatability and sensitivity of the analytical methods used;\nrates of recovery (% values for a valid study are given in section 1.7.1);\ntables of results expressed as % of applied initial dose and, where appropriate, as mgkg-1 soil (on a dry weight basis);\nmass balance during and at the end of the studies;\ncharacterisation of non-extractable (bound) radioactivity or residues in soil;\nquantification of released CO2 and other volatile compounds;\nplots of soil concentrations versus time for the test substance and, where appropriate, for major transformation products;\nhalf-life or DT50, DT75 and DT90 for the test substance and, where appropriate, for major transformation products including confidence limits;\nestimation of abiotic degradation rate under sterile conditions;\nan assessment of transformation kinetics for the test substance and, where appropriate, for major transformation products;\nproposed pathways of transformation, where appropriate;\ndiscussion and interpretation of results;\nraw data (i.e. sample chromatograms, sample calculations of transformation rates and means used to identify transformation products).",
  "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/3/division/1",
    "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."
}