{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870/annex/division-IX/division-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870/annex/division-IX/division-9.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/IX/division/9",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Method performance characteristics (precision)",
  "text": "Statistical results of the interlaboratory test:\nthe following table gives the values for egg yolk.\nThe following data were obtained from an international method performance study carried out to internationally agreed procedures.\nYear of interlaboratory test:\n1998\nNumber of laboratories:\n24\nNumber of samples:\n5\nAnalyte:\nEgg yolk\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n19\n20\n22\n20\n22\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n3\n4\n2\n4\n2\nNumber of accepted results\n38\n40\n44\n40\n44\nMean value\n147,3\n241,1\n227,4\n51,9 (*)\n72,8 (*)\n191,1\nRepeatability standard deviation (S r ) g/l\n2,44\n4,24\n3,93\n1,83\n3,25\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSD r ) (%)\n1,7\n1,8\n1,8\n2,9\n1,7\nRepeatability limit (r) g/l\n6,8\n11,9\n11,0\n5,1\n9,1\nReproducibility standard deviation (S R ) g/l\n5,01\n6,06\n6,66\n3,42\n6,87\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSD R ) (%)\n3,4\n2,5\n2,9\n5,5\n3,6\nReproducibility limit (R) g/l\n14,0\n17,0\n18,7\n9,6\n19,2\nSample types\nA Advocaat, blind duplicates\nB Advocaat, blind duplicates\nC Advocaat, blind duplicates\nD Advocaat (diluted), split levels (*)\nE Advocaat, blind duplicates",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2091/2002 of 26 November 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 laying down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirits drinks."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2000/2870/annex/division/IX/division/9",
    "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."
}