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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-648/annex-IV/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/648",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-648",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.1.3",
  "heading": "Activated Sludge Simulation Biodegradability Tests",
  "text": "The following tests referred below shall be included:\nmethod of EU Regulation 440/2008, Annex, Part C, C.10. (biodegradation – activated sludge simulation tests).\nFailure to pass the activated sludge simulation biodegradability test would indicate potential for the release of the metabolites by sewage treatment, which may be considered, in general terms, as evidence of need for a more complete risk assessment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 point 4.1.3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 26(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/648/annex/IV/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:38.850310+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."
}