{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-627/annex/division-2/division-2.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-627/annex/division-2/division-2.2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/627",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 627/2006 of 21 April 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards quality criteria for validated analytical methods for sampling, identification and characterisation of primary smoke products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-627",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/2.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.2",
  "heading": "Requirements",
  "text": "Without prejudice to Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, the validated method for identification and characterisation to be selected by the laboratory shall comply with the quality criteria indicated in Tables 1 and 2.\nTable 1\nQuality criteria for methods for identification and quantification of chemical constituents in the solvent free mass and the volatile fraction of primary products\nParameter\nValue/Comment\nSolvent free mass\nAt least 50 % by mass shall be identified and quantified\nVolatile fraction\nAt least 80 % by mass shall be identified and quantified\nTable 2\nMinimum method quality criteria for analysing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)\nOver the whole analytical range.\nThe RSDi, RSDr and RSDR values are relatively high due to the low stability of the analytes in primary smoke condensate.\nCorrected for recovery.\nAnalyte(s) PAH\nRSDi\nRSDr\nRSDR\nLOD\nLOQ\nAnalytical range\nRecovery\n%\n%\n%\nμg/kg\nμg/kg\nμg/kg\n%\nbenzo[a]pyrene\n20\n20\n40\n1,5\n5,0\n5,0-15\n75-110\nbenzo[a]anthracene\n20\n20\n40\n3,0\n10\n10-30\n75-110\ncyclopenta[cd]pyrene\ndibenzo[a,e]pyrene\ndibenzo[a,i]pyrene\ndibenzo[a,h]pyrene\n35\n35\n70\n5,0\n15\n15-45\n50-110\nchrysene\n5-methylchrysene\nbenzo[b]fluoranthene\nbenzo[j]fluoranthene\nbenzo[k]fluoranthene\nindeno[123-cd]pyrene\ndibenzo[a,h]anthracene\nbenzo[ghi]perylene\ndibenzo[a,l]pyrene\n25\n25\n50\n5,0\n15\n10-30\n60-110",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Over the whole analytical range."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Corrected for recovery."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The RSDi, RSDr and RSDR values are relatively high due to the low stability of the analytes in primary smoke condensate."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/627/annex/division/2/division/2.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:46.974921+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."
}