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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-291/annex/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-291/annex/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/291",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 291/2011 of 24 March 2011 on essential uses of controlled substances other than hydrochlorofluorocarbons for laboratory and analytical purposes in the Union under Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-291",
  "path": "annex/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The following uses of all controlled substances other than hydrochlorofluorocarbons are not considered as essential laboratory and analytical uses:",
  "text": "(a) refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment used in laboratories, including refrigerated laboratory equipment such as ultra-centrifuges;\n(b) cleaning, reworking, repair, or rebuilding of electronic components or assemblies;\n(c) preservation of publications and archives;\n(d) sterilisation of materials in a laboratory;\n(e) any use in primary or secondary education;\n(f) as components in experimental chemistry kits available to the general public and not intended for use in higher education;\n(g) for cleaning or drying purposes, including the removal of grease from glassware and other equipment;\n(h) for the determination of hydrocarbons, oils and greases in water, soil, air or waste;\n(i) testing of tar in road paving materials;\n(j) forensic finger-printing;\n(k) testing of organic matter in coal;\n(l) as a solvent in the determination of cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) and bromine index;\n(m) in methods that use the selective solubility in the controlled substance, including the determination of cascarosides, thyroid extracts, and the formation of picrates;\n(n) to preconcentrate analytes in chromatographic methods (e.g. high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC) adsorption chromatography), atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy (ICP), X-ray fluorescence analysis;\n(o) for the determination of iodine index in fats and oils;\n(p) any other laboratory and analytical use for which a technically and economically feasible alternative is available.",
  "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/2011/291/annex/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:14.611355+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."
}