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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-544/annex/part-A/division-8/division-8.2/division-8.2.7/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2011/544",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 544/2011 of 10 June 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the data requirements for active substances (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-544",
  "path": "annex/part/A/division/8/division/8.2/division/8.2.7/division/2",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Circumstances in which required",
  "text": "Where environmental fate and behaviour data required in Section 7 report that an active substance is likely to partition to and persist in aquatic sediments, expert judgement shall be used to decide whether an acute or a chronic sediment toxicity test in required. Such expert judgement shall take into account whether effects on sediment dwelling invertebrates are likely by comparing the aquatic invertebrate toxicity EC50 data from points 8.2.4 and 8.2.5 with the predicted levels of the active substances in sediment from data in Section 9 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 545/2011.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Repealed (subject to transitional measures in Arts. 3, 4) by Commission Regulation (EU) No 283/2013 of 1 March 2013 setting out the data requirements for active substances, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market Text with EEA relevance."
    }
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  "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."
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