# Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, Division 1: White sugar of the standard quality shall have the following characteristics:

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

(a) sound, fair and marketable quality; dry, in homogeneous granulated crystals, free-flowing;
(b) minimum polarisation: 99,7;
(c) maximum moisture content: 0,06 %;
(d) maximum invert sugar content: 0,04 %;
(e) the number of points determined under point 2 not exceeding a total of 22, nor:
15 for the ash content,
9 for the colour type, determined using the method of the Brunswick Institute of Agricultural Technology ("the Brunswick method"),
6 for the colouring of the solution, determined using the method of the International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis ("the ICUMSA method").

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1308/annex/III/division/B/division/II/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308/annex-III/division-B/division-II/division-1
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