{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-2184/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-2184/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2020/2184",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-2184",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PARAMETERS",
  "text": "Member States shall ensure that the methods of analysis used for the purposes of monitoring and demonstrating compliance with this Directive, with the exception of turbidity, are validated and documented in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 17025 or other equivalent standards accepted at international level. Member States shall ensure that laboratories or parties contracted by laboratories apply quality management system practices in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 17025 or other equivalent standards accepted at international level.\nFor the purposes of assessing the equivalence of alternative methods with the methods laid down in this Annex, Member States may use standard EN ISO 17994, established as the standard on the equivalence of microbiological methods, or standard EN ISO 16140 or any other similar internationally accepted protocols, to establish the equivalence of methods based on principles other than culturing, which are beyond the scope of EN ISO 17994.\nIn the absence of an analytical method meeting the minimum performance criteria set out in Part B, Member States shall ensure that monitoring is carried out using the best available techniques not entailing excessive costs.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2020/2184/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:22.865628+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."
}