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Division 1.3 Synthetic sewage

United Kingdom

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A synthetic sewage is employed for the test. Dissolve in each litre of tap water:

  • 160 mg peptone;

  • 110 mg meat extract;

  • 30 mg urea, CO(NH2)2;

  • 7 mg sodium chloride, NaCl;

  • 4 mg calcium chloride, CaCl2.2H2O;

  • 2 mg magnesium sulphate, MgSO4.7H2O;

  • 28 mg of di-potassium hydrogen phosphate, K2HPO4;

  • and 10 ± 1 mg of the surfactant.

The synthetic sewage is freshly prepared daily.

Notes on the whole EU Regulation

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1336/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (Text with EEA relevance).

F2

Deleted by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two.

Notes on Annex VIII

Textual amendments

F1

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)