2002/657/EC: Commission Decision of 12 August 2002… Article 1

Article 1

Subject matter and scope This Decision provides rules for the analytical methods to be used in the testing of official samples taken pursuant to Article 15(1), second sentence, of Directive 96/23/EC and specifies common criteria for the interpretation of analytical results of official control laboratories for such samples. This Decision shall not apply to substances for which more specific rules have been laid down in other Community legislation.

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