{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429/annex-II/division-2/division-2.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429/annex-II/division-2/division-2.6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/429",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2008 of 25 April 2008 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the preparation and the presentation of applications and the assessment and the authorisation of feed additives (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429",
  "path": "annex/II/division/2/division/2.6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.6",
  "heading": "Methods of analysis and reference samples",
  "text": "The methods of analysis shall be submitted in the standard layout as recommended by ISO (i.e. ISO 78-2).\nAccording to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 378/2005, methods of analysis included in this section shall be evaluated by the reference laboratory. The reference laboratory shall submit to the Food Safety Authority an evaluation report indicating whether these methods are suitable to be used for official controls of the feed additive that is the object of the application. The reference laboratory evaluation shall focus on the methods specified in sections 2.6.1 and 2.6.2.\nIf an MRL has been established for the substance object of the application by Regulation (EC) No 470/2009, section 2.6.2 will not be subject to evaluation by the reference laboratory. The applicant shall compile section 2.6.2 providing the same method, information and particulars (including relevant updates) for submission in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/12.\nAnalytical methods described under 2.6.3 may also be included in the evaluation, if considered necessary by the reference laboratory, the Food Safety Authority or the appropriate authority.\nIn accordance with Regulation (EC) No 378/2005, the applicant shall provide reference samples directly to the reference laboratory, upon request, and replacement samples before the expiration date.\nApplicants shall refer to the detailed guidance provided by the reference laboratory in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 378/2005.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 point 2.6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 83(c)(vi)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 point 2.6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 83(c)(vi)(cc); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 point 2.6 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 14(3)(f)(i)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 point 2.6 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 14(3)(f)(i)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 point 2.6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 83(c)(vi)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 point 2.6 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 14(3)(f)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/429/annex/II/division/2/division/2.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:17.021143+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."
}