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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-544/annex/part-B/division-3/division-3.8",
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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Parliament and of the Council as regards the data requirements for active substances (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)",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/B/division/3/division/3.8",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.8",
  "heading": "Procedures for destruction or decontamination",
  "text": "In many cases the preferred or sole means of safe disposal of micro-organisms, contaminated materials, or contaminated packaging, is through controlled incineration in a licensed incinerator.\nMethods to dispose safely of the micro-organism or, where necessary, to kill it prior to disposal, and methods to dispose of contaminated packaging and contaminated materials, must be fully described. Data must be provided for such methods to establish their effectiveness and safety.",
  "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      "text": "Repealed (subject to transitional measures in Arts. 3, 4) by Commission Regulation (EU) No 283/2013 of 1 March 2013 setting out the data requirements for active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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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/544/annex/part/B/division/3/division/3.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:06.051752+00:00"
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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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