# Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents (Text with EEA relevance), Article 8: Approved laboratories

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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2. Tests required by this Regulation may be carried out by approved laboratories only.
‘Approved laboratories’ are laboratories that are:
— members of the UK GLP compliance programme referred to in the Good Laboratory Practice Regulations 1999 , or
— able to demonstrate compliance with standard EN ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 (general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) to the satisfaction of the competent authority.
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4. The competent authority shall publish a list of approved laboratories.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/648/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-648/article-8
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