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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-761/annex-V/division-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/761",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 761/2009 of 23 July 2009 amending, for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress, Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "LITERATURE",
  "text": "1.. OECD TG 309 (2004) Aerobic Mineralisation in surface water — Simulation Biodegradation Test.\n2.. ISO/DIS 14592-1 (1999) Water quality — Evaluation of the aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds at low concentrations — Part 1: Shake flask batch test with surface water or surface water/sediment suspensions.\n3.. Testing Method C.23. Aerobic and anaerobic transformation in soil.\n4.. Testing Method C.24. Aerobic and anaerobic transformation in aquatic sediments.\n5.. OECD (1993). Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals. OECD, Paris.\n6.. ISO 8245 (1999). Water quality — Guidelines on the determination of total organic carbon (TOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC).\n7.. ISO 10634 (1995). Water quality — Guidance for the preparation and treatment of poorly water-soluble organic compounds for the subsequent evaluation of their biodegradability in an aqueous medium.\n8.. OECD (2000). Guidance Document on aquatic toxicity testing of difficult substances and mixtures. Environmental Health and Safety Publications. Series on Testing and Assessment. No 22.\n9.. Simkins, S. and Alexander, M. (1984). Models for mineralisation kinetics with the variables of substrate concentration and population density. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.47, 394-401.\n10.. Ingerslev, F. and N. Nyholm. (2000). Shake-flask test for determination of biodegradation rates of 14C-labeled chemicals at low concentrations in surface water systems. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 45, 274-283.\n11.. ISO/CD 14592-1 (1999). Ring test report: Water Quality — Evaluation of the aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds at low concentrations part 1 — report of 1998/1999 ring-test. Shake flask batch test with surface water or surface water/sediment suspensions.",
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