{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-284/annex/section-5/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/284",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 284/2013 of 1 March 2013 setting out the data requirements for plant protection products, 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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-284",
  "path": "annex/section/5/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introduction",
  "text": "The provisions of this Section cover analytical methods used for the generation of pre-authorisation data and required for post-authorisation control and monitoring purposes.\nDescriptions of methods shall be provided and include details of equipment, materials and conditions used.\nOn request, the following shall be provided:\n(a)analytical standards of the purified active substance and of the plant protection product;\n(b)samples of the active substance as manufactured;\n(c)analytical standards of relevant metabolites and all other components included in all monitoring residue definitions;\n(d)samples of reference substances for the relevant impurities.\nIn addition, the standards referred to in points (a) and (c) shall, where possible, be made commercially available and, on request, the distributing company shall be named.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/284/annex/section/5/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:45.647621+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."
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