{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-648/annex-VIII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-648/annex-VIII.json",
  "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/VIII",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "VIII",
  "heading": "TEST METHODS AND ANALYTICAL METHODS",
  "text": "The following test and analytical methods apply to control procedures for detergents on the market applied by the competent authority:\nAStorage vessel\nBDosing device\nCAeration chamber (three litres capacity)\nDSettling vessel\nEAir-lift pump\nFCollector\nGSintered aerator\nHAir-flow meter\nIAir\nALiquid level\nBHard PVC\nCGlass or waterproof plastic (hard PVC)\nARunning-in period\nBPeriod used for calculation (twenty-one days)\nCReadily biodegradable surfactant\nDSurfactant not readily biodegradable\nEBiodegradation ( %)\nFTime (days)",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 29; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/648/annex/VIII",
    "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."
}