{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-284/annex/section-5/division-5.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-284/annex/section-5/division-5.2.json",
  "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/5.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.2",
  "heading": "Methods for post-authorisation control and monitoring purposes",
  "text": "As far as practicable these methods shall employ the simplest approach, involve the minimum cost, and require commonly available equipment.\nAnalytical methods for the determination of the active substance and relevant impurities in the plant protection product shall be submitted, unless the applicant shows that these methods already submitted in accordance with the requirements set out in point 5.1.1 can be applied.\nThe provisions set out in point 5.1.1 shall apply.\nMethods, with a full description, shall be submitted for the determination of residues:\nin or on plants, plant products, processed food commodities, food and feed of plant and animal origin,\nin body fluids and tissues,\nin soil,\nin water,\nin air, unless the applicant shows that exposure of operators, workers, residents or bystanders is negligible.\nThe applicant may deviate from such requirement by showing that the methods submitted in accordance with the requirements set out in point 4.2 of Part A of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 283/2013 can be applied.\nThe specificity of the methods shall enable all components included in the monitoring residue definition to be determined. Validated confirmatory methods shall be submitted if appropriate.\nThe linearity, recovery and precision (repeatability) of methods shall be determined and reported.\nData shall be generated at the LOQ and either the likely residue levels or ten times the LOQ. The LOQ shall be determined and reported for each component included in the monitoring residue definition.\nFor residues in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and residues in drinking water, the reproducibility of the method shall be determined by means of an independent laboratory validation (ILV) and reported.",
  "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/2013/284/annex/section/5/division/5.2",
    "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."
}