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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1007/annex-VIII/chapter-2/division-1/division-IV/division-12/division-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2011/1007",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1007",
  "path": "annex/VIII/chapter/2/division/1/division/IV/division/12/division/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "PRE-TREATMENT OF TEST SAMPLE",
  "text": "The following pre-treatment is substituted for the pre-treatment described in the general instructions:\nExtract the air-dry laboratory test sample in a Soxhlet apparatus with a mixture of 1 volume of toluene and 3 volumes of methanol for 4 hours at a minimum rate of 5 cycles per hour. Allow the solvent to evaporate from the sample in air, and remove the last traces in an oven at 105 ± 3 °C. Then extract the sample in water (50 ml per g of sample) by boiling under reflux for 30 minutes. Filter, return the sample to the flask, and repeat the extraction with an identical volume of water. Filter, remove excess water from the sample by squeezing, suction, or centrifuging and then allow the sample to become air-dry.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1007/annex/VIII/chapter/2/division/1/division/IV/division/12/division/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:51.401191+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."
}