{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870/annex/division-I/division-3/division-A/division-A.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870/annex/division-I/division-3/division-A/division-A.3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2000/2870",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 of 19 December 2000 laying down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirits drinks",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870",
  "path": "annex/division/I/division/3/division/A/division/A.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "A.3",
  "heading": "Apparatus and Equipment",
  "text": "Usual laboratory apparatus and in particular the following:\nA.3.1. Analytical balance capable of reading 0,1 mg.\nA.3.2. Thermometer, with ground glass joint, calibrated in tenths of a degree from 10 to 30 °C. This thermometer must be certified or checked against a certified thermometer.\nA.3.3. Pyrex-glass pycnometer of approximately 100 ml capacity fitted with a removable ground-glass thermometer (A.3.2). The pycnometer has a side tube 25 mm in length and 1 mm (maximum) in internal diameter ending in a conical ground joint. Other pycnometers as described in ISO 3507, e.g. 50 ml may be used if appropriate.\nA.3.4. A tare bottle of the same external volume (to within 1 ml) as the pycnometer and with a mass equal to the mass of the pycnometer filled with a liquid of density 1,01 (sodium chloride solution A.2.1).\nA.3.5. Thermally insulated jacket that fits the body of the pycnometer exactly.",
  "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/eur/2000/2870/annex/division/I/division/3/division/A/division/A.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:57:07.594471+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."
}