{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546/annex/part-II/division-B/division-2/division-2.5/division-2.5.2/division-2.5.2.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546/annex/part-II/division-B/division-2/division-2.5/division-2.5.2/division-2.5.2.2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/546",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 546/2011 of 10 June 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards uniform principles for evaluation and authorisation of plant protection products (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546",
  "path": "annex/part/II/division/B/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.2/division/2.5.2.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.5.2.2",
  "heading": "Viable residues",
  "text": "Competent authorities shall evaluate the methods proposed to identify the specific strain concerned and especially methods that discriminate that strain from closely related strains.\nThis evaluation shall take into consideration the information on analytical methods provided for in part B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 544/2011 and in part B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 545/2011 and the results of the evaluation thereof. In particular, the following information must be taken into account:\n(a)the specificity of the proposed methods;\n(b)the precision (repeatability) of the proposed methods;\n(c)the importance of interferences;\n(d)the quantifiability of the proposed methods.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex Pt. 2.B points 2.5, 2.5.1.1, 2.5.1.2, 2.5.2.1, 2.5.2.2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 18(9)(b)(xiv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/546/annex/part/II/division/B/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.2/division/2.5.2.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:05.430430+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."
}