# 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, Division 2: The following uses of all controlled substances other than hydrochlorofluorocarbons are not considered as essential laboratory and analytical uses:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment used in laboratories, including refrigerated laboratory equipment such as ultra-centrifuges;
(b) cleaning, reworking, repair, or rebuilding of electronic components or assemblies;
(c) preservation of publications and archives;
(d) sterilisation of materials in a laboratory;
(e) any use in primary or secondary education;
(f) as components in experimental chemistry kits available to the general public and not intended for use in higher education;
(g) for cleaning or drying purposes, including the removal of grease from glassware and other equipment;
(h) for the determination of hydrocarbons, oils and greases in water, soil, air or waste;
(i) testing of tar in road paving materials;
(j) forensic finger-printing;
(k) testing of organic matter in coal;
(l) as a solvent in the determination of cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) and bromine index;
(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) 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;
(o) for the determination of iodine index in fats and oils;
(p) any other laboratory and analytical use for which a technically and economically feasible alternative is available.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/291/annex/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-291/annex/division-2
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