# 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, Division 2.2: Requirements

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

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.
Table 1
Quality criteria for methods for identification and quantification of chemical constituents in the solvent free mass and the volatile fraction of primary products
Parameter
Value/Comment
Solvent free mass
At least 50 % by mass shall be identified and quantified
Volatile fraction
At least 80 % by mass shall be identified and quantified
Table 2
Minimum method quality criteria for analysing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Over the whole analytical range.
The RSDi, RSDr and RSDR values are relatively high due to the low stability of the analytes in primary smoke condensate.
Corrected for recovery.
Analyte(s) PAH
RSDi
RSDr
RSDR
LOD
LOQ
Analytical range
Recovery
%
%
%
μg/kg
μg/kg
μg/kg
%
benzo[a]pyrene
20
20
40
1,5
5,0
5,0-15
75-110
benzo[a]anthracene
20
20
40
3,0
10
10-30
75-110
cyclopenta[cd]pyrene
dibenzo[a,e]pyrene
dibenzo[a,i]pyrene
dibenzo[a,h]pyrene
35
35
70
5,0
15
15-45
50-110
chrysene
5-methylchrysene
benzo[b]fluoranthene
benzo[j]fluoranthene
benzo[k]fluoranthene
indeno[123-cd]pyrene
dibenzo[a,h]anthracene
benzo[ghi]perylene
dibenzo[a,l]pyrene
25
25
50
5,0
15
10-30
60-110

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/627/annex/division/2/division/2.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-627/annex/division-2/division-2.2
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