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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870/annex/division-V/division-13",
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  "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/V/division/13",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Method performance characteristics (precision)",
  "text": "Statistical results of the interlaboratory test:\nthe following tables give the values for anethole.\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\n16\nNumber of samples\n10\nAnalyte\nanethole\nPastis:\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nF\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n15\n15\n15\n13\n16\n16\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n1\n1\n1\n3\n—\n—\nNumber of accepted results\n30\n30\n30\n26\n16\n16\nMean value g/l\n1,477\n1,955\n1,94\n1,833\n1,741\n1,754\nRepeatability standard deviation (S r ) g/l\n0,022\n0,033\n0,034\n0,017\n—\n—\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSD r ) (%)\n1,5\n1,7\n1,8\n0,9\n—\n—\nRepeatability limit (r) g/l\n0,062\n0,093\n0,096\n0,047\n—\n—\nReproducibility standard deviation (S R ) g/l\n0,034\n0,045\n0,063\n0,037\n0,058\n0,042\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSD R ) (%)\n2,3\n2,3\n3,2\n2,0\n3,3\n2,4\nReproducibility limit (R) g/l\n0,094\n0,125\n0,176\n0,103\n0,163\n0,119\nSample types:\nA pastis, blind duplicates\nB pastis, blind duplicates\nC pastis, blind duplicates\nD pastis, blind duplicates\nE pastis, single duplicates\nF pastis, single duplicates\nOther aniseed-flavoured spirit drinks:\nSamples\nG\nH\nI\nJ\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n16\n14\n14\n14\nNumber of outliers (Laboratories)\n—\n2\n1\n1\nNumber of accepted results\n32\n28\n28\n28\nMean value g/l\n0,778\n0,530 (*)\n1,742\n0,351\n0,599\nRepeatability standard deviation (S r ) g/l\n0,02\n0,012\n0,013\n0,014\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSD r ) (%)\n3,1\n0,7\n3,8\n2,3\nRepeatability limit (r) g/l\n0,056\n0,033\n0,038\n0,038\nReproducibility standard deviation (S R ) g/l\n0,031\n0,029\n0,021\n0,03\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSD R ) (%)\n4,8\n1,6\n5,9\n5,0\nReproducibility limit (R) g/l\n0,088\n0,08\n0,058\n0,084\nSample types:\nG ouzo, split levels (*)\nH anis, blind duplicates\nI aniseed-flavoured liqueur, duplicates\nJ aniseed-flavoured liqueur, 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": [],
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  "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."
}