{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-722/annex-I/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-722/annex-I/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/722",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 722/2012 of 8 August 2012 concerning particular requirements as regards the requirements laid down in Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC with respect to active implantable medical devices and medical devices manufactured utilising tissues of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-722",
  "path": "annex/I/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "RIGOROUS PROCESSES FOR TALLOW DERIVATIVES AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1, PARAGRAPH 4, OF THIS REGULATION",
  "text": "Trans-esterification or hydrolysis at not less than 200 °C for not less than 20 minutes under pressure (glycerol, fatty acids and fatty acid esters production),\nSaponification with NaOH 12 M (glycerol and soap production)\nBatch process: at not less than 95 °C for not less than 3 hours,\nContinuous process: at not less than 140 °C, under pressure for not less than 8 minutes or equivalent,\nDistillation at 200 °C.",
  "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/2012/722/annex/I/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:16.665664+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."
}