{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-904/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/904",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 904/2008 of 17 September 2008 laying down the methods of analysis and other technical provisions necessary for the application of the export procedure for goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty (Codified version)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-904",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In accordance with the notes to Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and for the purposes of applying that Annex, the ‘Data obtained from the analysis of the goods’ set out in column 3 shall be obtained using the methods, procedures and formulae referred to in this Article:\n1.. Sugars\nHigh performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) shall be used for the individual determination of sugars.\nA.. The sucrose content mentioned in column 3 of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 shall be equal to:\n(a) S + (2F) × 0,95,\nif the glucose content is not less than the fructose content,\nor\n(b) S + (G + F) × 0,95,\nif the glucose content is less than the fructose content\nwhere:\nS is the sucrose content determined by HPLC,\nF is the fructose content determined by HPLC,\nG is the glucose content determined by HPLC,\nWhere the presence of a lactose hydrolysate is declared and/or quantities of lactose and galactose are detected, a glucose content, equivalent to the galactose content (determined by HPLC), shall be deducted from the glucose (G) content before any other calculation is made.\nB.. The glucose content mentioned in column 3 of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 shall be equal to:\n(a) G – F,\nwhere the glucose content is more than the fructose content\n(b) 0 (Zero),\nwhere the glucose content is equal to or less than the fructose content.\nWhere the presence of a lactose hydrolysate is declared and/or quantities of lactose and galactose are detected, a glucose content, equivalent to the galactose content (determined by HPLC), shall be deducted from the glucose (G) content before any other calculation is made.\n2.. Starch (or dextrin)\n(dextrin shall be expressed as starch)\n1.. For all CN codes other than CN codes 3505 10 10 , 3505 10 90 , 3505 20 10 to 3505 20 90 and 3809 10 10 to 3809 10 90 , the starch (or dextrin) content referred to in column 3 of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 shall be calculated using the formula:\n(Z – G) × 0,9,\nwhere\nZ is the glucose content determined by the method described in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2008 ;\nG is the glucose content before enzymatic treatment, determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).\n2.. For CN codes 3505 10 10 , 3505 10 90 , 3505 20 10 to 3505 20 90 and 3809 10 10 to 3809 10 90 , the starch (or dextrin) content shall be determined by the method set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 900/2008.\n3.. Milk fat content\nFor the purposes of determining the milk fat content, a method based on extraction with light petroleum, preceded by hydrolysis with hydrochloric acid and followed by gas chromatography of the methyl esters of the fatty acids, shall be used. If the presence of milk fats is detected, the percentage proportion thereof shall be calculated by multiplying the percentage concentration of methyl butyrate by 25, multiplying the product by the total percentage fat content by weight of the goods and dividing by 100.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 117/2010 of 9 February 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 904/2008 laying down the methods of analysis and other technical provisions necessary for the application of the export procedure for goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 172, 5.7.2005, p. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 248, 17.9.2008, p. 8 ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/904/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:01.712568+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."
}