Commission Regulation (EC) No 2860/2000 of 27 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops, to include flax and hemp grown for fibre, specifying the rules on set-aside areas and amending the base areas for Greece and Portugal
Date: 2000-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, Portugal, aid to agriculture, flax, hemp, set-aside

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2860/2000

of 27 December 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops,
to include flax and hemp grown for fibre, specifying the rules on set-aside areas and amending the
base areas for Greece and Portugal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17
May 1999 establishing a support system for producers of
certain arable crops (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1672/2000 (2), and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1672/2000 included flax and hemp
grown for fibre in the support system for producers of
certain arable crops established by Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/
1999 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1454/
2000 (4), lays down detailed rules for the application of
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 with respect
to the
conditions for granting area payments for certain arable
crops. Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 should therefore
be amended to take into account the inclusion of flax
and hemp.

Article 5a of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 lays down,
on the one hand, that the tetrahydrocannabinol content
of varieties used must not exceed 0,2 % and, on the
other hand, that the Member States are to establish a
system for verifying the tetrahydrocannabinol content of
the hemp grown. To enable such checks to be imple-
mented, special measures should be laid down in partic-
ular with respect to the continued cultivation of hemp
until a certain date.

Article 5a subjects the area payment for flax and hemp
grown for fibre to the conclusion of a contract or to a
commitment as referred to in Article 2(1) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 of 27 July 2000 on the
common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp
grown for fibre (5). Provision should be made for a copy
of the contract or the commitment to be sent to the
competent authorities of the Member responsible for the
administration of payment applications.

(4)

It must be ensured that the varieties of flax and hemp
grown for fibre are those listed in the Common Cata-
logue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species as fibre

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43.
(4) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 28.
(5) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16.

plants and, in the case of flax in particular, as ‘fibre flax’
Moreover, in the case of hemp, the tetrahydrocannabinol
content of
the authorised varieties may not exceed
0,2 %. A list of eligible varieties should therefore be
drawn up. In the case of hemp, to facilitate the transition
from the arrangements in force to those established by
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999, a list should also be
drawn up of varieties of hemp temporarily authorised
for the 2001/02 marketing year which must be subject
to further analyses during that marketing year. To
provide firmer guarantees in the case of hemp, the use
of certified seed should also be required.

To allow checks on the seed used, the labels contained
on packaging or, in the case of flax, any other equivalent
document, should be transmitted to the competent
authorities of the Member State.

To reinforce administrative checks on hemp, additional
information should be requested and given in the ‘area’
aid applications as referred to in Article 4 of Commis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 of 23 December
1992 laying down detailed rules for applying the inte-
grated administration and control system for certain
Community aid schemes (6) as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2801/1999 (7).

In accordance with the eighth indent of
the first
subparagraph of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/
1999, the method for determining tetrahydrocannabinol
levels of hemp grown for fibre must be laid down and
provision must be made for the results of analyses
carried out
in accordance with this method to be
communicated to the Commission.

Article 5a(2) lays down that Member States shall check
at least 30 % of the areas of hemp grown for fibre for
which area payment applications have been made, and
at least 20 % of areas if a Member State introduces a
system of prior approval for such cultivation. The exact
requirements relating to these checks should be speci-
fied.

Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 fixes 15
June as the latest date for sowing in specific cases. Since
hemp is sometimes sown up to 15 June, hemp grown
for fibre should be added to this Annex.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(6) OJ L 391, 31.12.1992, p. 36.
(7) OJ L 340, 31.12.1999, p. 29.

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(10)

the
Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 lays down that
minimum size of set-aside land may be reduced for
environmental reasons. Provision should also be made
for the possibility of adapting the minimum area of
set-aside land as a result.

checks provided for in Article 5a of Regulation (EC)
No 1251/1999 or if all the checks required under
Article 5a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 have
been carried out.’

to

crops

(11) Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 of 26 April
1994 concerning the conversion of land currently under
in
arable
Portugal (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1461/
95 (2), applications have been submitted for conversion
of an area equivalent to 7 052 hectares. The base area
given in Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999
should therefore be amended.

extensive

livestock

farming

2. The following Article 7a is inserted:

‘Article 7a

For the purposes of Article 5a(1) of Regulation (EC)
for flax and hemp

1.
No 1251/1999,
grown for fibre is subject to:

the area payment

(12)

(13)

In response to an application by Greece, new base areas
should be fixed in accordance with the Greek region-
alisation plan without altering the total base area.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 3(1)(c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) on which the crop is maintained until at least the
beginning of flowering under conditions of normal
growth in accordance with local standards. Crops of
oilseeds, protein plants, linseed, fibre flax and durum
wheat must also be cultivated under conditions of
normal growth in accordance with local standards at
least until 30 June prior to the marketing year in
question, unless they are harvested at full maturity
before that date. Protein plants may not be harvested
until after the stage of lactic ripeness. In the case of
hemp grown for fibre, to allow implementation of the
checks provided for in Article 5a(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1251/1999, crops must also be cultivated under
conditions of normal growth in accordance with local
standards at least 10 days after the end of flowering.
However, Member States may authorise the harvesting
of hemp grown for fibre after the beginning of flow-
ering but within 10 days of the end of flowering if the
producer concerned has already been subject to the

(a) the submission of a copy of the contract or commit-
ment referred to in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1673/2000 (*) by 15 September at the latest
after lodging the payment application referred to in
Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 or by an
earlier date laid down by the Member State; and

(b) the use of seed of the varieties listed in Annex XII on
15 May preceding the year in respect of which the area
In the case of hemp
payment application is made.
grown for fibre, the seed must also be certified in
accordance with Council Directive 69/208/EEC (**).

2.
To allow checks on the fibre flax seed and certified
seed of hemp grown for fibre used, the “area” aid applica-
tion referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3887/
92 must be accompanied by the official labels introduced
by Directive 69/208/EEC and in particular Article 10
thereof, or provisions adopted on the basis of that Article,
on the packaging of the seed used or, in the case of flax
grown for fibre, any other document recognised as equiva-
lent by the Member State concerned, including the certi-
fication provided for in Article 14 of that Directive. Where
sowing takes place after the deadline for submitting “area”
aid applications, the labels or documents recognised as
equivalent shall be submitted by 30 June at the latest
following the submission of the application.

Where labels for seed of hemp grown for fibre also have to
be submitted to other national authorities, the Member
States may provide for those labels to be returned to the
farmer once they have been submitted to the authorities
responsible for “area” aid applications.

3.
For the purposes of granting the area payment for
hemp grown for fibre, the “area” aid application referred to
in Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92
must contain:

(1) OJ L 112, 3.5.1994, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 144, 28.6.1995, p. 4.

(a) all information required for identifying parcels sown to

hemp for each variety of hemp sown; and

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(b) information on the quantities of seed used (kg per

hectare).

The Member States may fix the minimum sowing rate
compatible with good hemp-growing practice. This
information shall be sent to the Commission by 15
May 2001 at the latest.

(*) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16.
(**) OJ L 169, 10.7.1969, p. 3.’

3. The following Article 7b is inserted:

‘Article 7b

For the purposes of Article 5a(2) of Regulation
1.
the method to be used by the
(EC) No 1251/1999,
the Member State for deter-
competent authorities of
mining
a
percentage of areas under hemp grown for fibre for
is
payment
which
described in Annex XIII.

tetrahydrocannabinol

been made

applications

(THC)

levels

have

on

The Member States shall send the Commission, by 15
November of
the
latest a report on the THC content findings. The report
shall

indicate, for each variety:

the marketing year

in question at

(a) for procedure A,

indication of

the point at which

the sample was taken;

(b) the number of tests carried out;

procedure B during the 2001/02 marketing year in all
Member States growing those varieties.

2.
Checks on the THC content of the crops grown
on at least 30 % of the areas of hemp grown for fibre
for which area aid applications have been made must
cover at least 30 % of the applications in question and
all the varieties of seed used.

Member States shall notify the Commission, by 15 May
2001 at the latest, of the detailed rules and conditions
linked to the system of prior approval of crops allowing
the minimum percentage of areas of hemp grown for
fibre for which area applications have been made on
which the THC content is to be checked to be reduced
from 30 % to 20 %. Any amendment of these detailed
rules or conditions must be notified to the Commission.
Where such a system is applied, checks must cover at
least 20 % of the applications in question and all the
varieties of seed used.

3.
Applications to include a variety of hemp on the
list given in Annex XII must be accompanied by a
report giving the findings of analyses carried out
in
accordance with procedure B of the method described in
Annex XIII and a description of the variety in question.’

4. The following sentence is added to the second subpara-

graph of Article 19(1)(c):

‘In this case, the minimum area referred to in the above
subparagraph may be 0.1 ha.’

(c) the results in terms of THC content, shown sepa-

5. Annex VI is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

rately for each 0,1 %,

(d) measures taken at national

level.

Where the checks show,
for a significant number of
samples of a given variety, THC contents exceeding that
laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 5a(1)
the Commission
of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
may, without prejudice to any other measures it might
take, decide in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 to use
procedure B for the variety concerned in the course of
the following marketing year.

The varieties of hemp grown for fibre listed in point
2(b) of Annex XII to this Regulation shall be subject to

6. Annex VII

is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.

7. Annex X is replaced by Annex III to this Regulation.

8. Annex XI is replaced by Annex IV to this Regulation.

9. A new Annex XII is inserted, containing the text shown

at Annex V to this Regulation.

10. A new Annex XIII is inserted, containing the text shown

at Annex VI to this Regulation.

Article 2

its
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from the 2001/02 marketing year.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX VI

(Article 8)

BASE AREAS

Region

All crops

of which maize

of which silage grass

(1 000 ha)

BELGIUM

Total

Zone I

DENMARK

GERMANY

Schleswig-Holstein

Hamburg

Niedersachsen

Bremen

Nordrhein-Westfalen

Rheinland-Pfalz

Hessen

Baden-Württemberg

Bayern

Saarland

Berlin

Brandenburg

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Sachsen

Sachsen-Anhalt

Thüringen

GREECE

SPAIN

Regadío

Secano

FRANCE

Total

Base area for maize

Irrigated base area

IRELAND

ITALY

489,5

2 018,6

97,0

10 159,4 (3)

540,3 (3)

506,2

5,1

1 424,7

1,8

948,5

368,6

461,4

735,5

1 776,0

36,6

2,9

889,6

968,2

599,0

880,9

554,4

122,1

418,2

1 491,7

222,1

1 371,1

7 849,0

13 582,1

1 209,7 (2)

403,4

613,8 (2)

345,6

0,2

5 801,2

1 200,0

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Region

All crops

of which maize

of which silage grass

(1 000 ha)

LUXEMBOURG

NETHERLANDS

Regio I

Regio II

AUSTRIA

PORTUGAL

Açores

Madeira

— Regadío

— Other

Continental

— Regadío

— Other

FINLAND

SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM

England

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Wales

42,8

226,5

215,2

1 203,5

9,7

0,31

0,30

293,4

704,1

1 591,5

1 737,1

3 794,6

551,6

52,9

61,4

44,4

163,9

0,29

221,4

33,2 (1)

1,2 (1)

200,0

130,0

(1) With the exception of sweetcorn.
(2) Including 284 000 ha irrigated maize.
(3) Where Article 2(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 is applied.’

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Member State:
Base area:
Set-aside rate:

Area actually
found

small producers in
accordance with
Article 6(7) of
Regulation (EC)
No 1251/1999

other producers

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX VII

(Article 10(4))

CALCULATION OF OVERRUN ON BASE AREA ON . . / . . / . . . .

Product:

All crops
Irrigated
Non-irrigated
Maize
Other than maize
Silage grass

Cereals
Oilseeds
Protein plants
Linseed
Flax grown for fibre
Hemp grown for fibre
Silage grass
Voluntary set-aside

TOTAL = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8

Cereals
Oilseeds
Protein plants
Linseed
Flax grown for fibre
Hemp grown for fibre
Silage grass
Total crops = 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16

Voluntary set-aside
Compulsory set-aside

Total set-aside = 18 + 19
Total (crops + set-aside) = 17 + 20

forage (cattle-sheep)

Total for products concerned

Total for applications = 9 + 21 + 22

BASE AREA

Any balance from another base
area

Base area applicable = 24 + 25

Overrun or deficit

Overrun as percentage = (23/26 – 1)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha

ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha

ha

ha

ha

ha

ha

ha

%’

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX X

(Article 24, first paragraph)

Latest date for sowing: 15 June

Crop

Member State

Region

All crops

Sweetcorn
Hemp grown for fibre

Finland

Sweden

Whole territory

Whole territory

All Member States

Whole territory’

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ANNEX IV

‘ANNEX XI

(Article 26(1))

INFORMATION TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMISSION

The information is to be presented in the form of a series of tables drawn up in accordance with the model described
below:

— a first set of tables giving information at production region level within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EC)

No 1251/1999,

— a second set of tables giving information in respect of each base area region within the meaning of Annex VI to this

Regulation,

— a single table containing a summary of the information for each Member State.

The tables are to be sent both as hard copy and in computerised form.

Formulae for areas: 5 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

10 = 7 + 8 + 9

16 = 17 + 18

21 = 5 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 20

Notes:

Each table must quote the region in question.

The yield is that used for calculating area payments in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.

The distinction between “non-irrigated” and “irrigated” land should be made only in the case of regions containing both.
In that case:

d = e + f

j = k + l

Line 1 relates only to durum wheat eligible for the supplement to the area payment provided for in Article 5(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.

Line 2 relates only to durum wheat eligible for the special aid referred to in Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999.

Line 19 relates only to areas set aside or afforested under Articles 22, 23, 24 and 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999
and counting as arable land set aside under Article 6(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.

Line 20 corresponds to the areas referred to in the second indent of Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.

Information must also be forwarded in respect of producers not applying for the per hectare aid under the support system
for certain arable crops (Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999). This information, to be given under “Other” in columns “m” and
“n”, mainly relates to arable crops declared as fodder area for beef and sheepmeat premiums.

Line 23 concerns land set aside for the production of non-food crops and not qualifying for payments under the rules
implementing Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 (e.g. sugarbeet, Jerusalem artichokes and chicory roots).’

Name of region:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Date:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TABLE OF INFORMATION

Application > 92 tonnes

Application (cid:2) 92 tonnes

Total number of applications =

Total number of applications =

Yield
(t/ha)

non-
irrigated

Total

irrigated

Total

Area
(ha)

non-
irrigated

irrigated

Total

Yield
(t/ha)

non-
irrigated

irrigated

Total

Area
(ha)

non-
irrigated

Other

Total number
of applications =

Yield
(t/ha)

Area
(ha)

irrigated

Total

Total

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

(l)

(m)

(n)

Crop

Durum wheat (Article 5(1))
Durum wheat (Article 5(4))
Maize (separate base area)
Other cereals

Total cereals

of which silage

Soya beans
Colza/rapeseed
Sunflower

Total oilseeds

Total protein plants

Total

linseed

Total flax grown for fibre

Total hemp grown for fibre

Silage grass

Total set-aside (Article 6)

of which compulsory set-aside
of which voluntary set-aside (Article 6(5))
of which set-aside not paid under Article
6(8)

No

1
2
3
4

5
6

7
8
9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16
17
18
19

fodder areas
Arable crops declared as
premiums for bovine animals and sheep

for

20

Non-food set aside

of which non-paid

Total

21

22
23

.

2
8
1
2
2
0
0
0

.

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
C
o
m
m
u
n
i
t
i
e
s

L

3
3
2
/
7
1

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ANNEX V

‘ANNEX XII

(Article 7a(1))

VARIETIES OF FLAX AND HEMP GROWN FOR FIBRE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SUPPORT SYSTEM

1. Flax grown for fibre

Agatha

Angelin

Argos

Ariane

Aurore

Belinka

Diane

Diva

Electra

Elise

Escalina

Evelin

Exel

Hermes

Ilona

Laura

Liflax

Liviola

Marina

Marylin

Nike

Opaline

Venus

Veralin

Viking

Viola

2a. Hemp grown for fibre

Carmagnola

Cs

Dioica 88

Epsilon 68

Fedora 17

Fédrina 74

Felina 32

Felina 34 — Félina 34

Ferimon — Férimon

Fibranova

Fibrimon 24

Fibrimon 56

Futura

Futura 75

Santhica 23

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2b. Hemp grown for fibre authorised in the 2001/02 marketing year

Beniko

Bialobrzeskie

Delta-405

Fasamo

Fedora 19

Juso 14

Kompolti

Uso 31’

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ANNEX VI

‘ANNEX XIII

(Article 7b(1))

COMMUNITY METHOD FOR THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF ∆ 9-THC (TETRAHYDRO-
CANNABINOL) CONTENT IN HEMP VARIETIES

1.

Scope and area of application

This method seeks to determine the ∆ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of varieties of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.).
As appropriate, the method involves applying procedure A or B herein described.

The method is based on the quantitative determination of ∆ 9-THC by gas chromatography (GC) after extraction with
a suitable solvent.

1.1. Procedure A

Procedure A is used for checks on production as provided for in Article 5a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.

1.2. Procedure B

Procedure B is used in cases as referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 7b(1) of this Regulation and for
checking that the conditions laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 5a(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999 are fulfilled with a view to inclusion on the list of varieties of hemp eligible for aid from the 2001/02
marketing year.

2.

Sampling

2.1. Samples

— Procedure A: in a standing crop of a given variety of hemp, take a 30 cm part containing at least one female
inflorescence of each plant selected. Sampling is to be carried out during the period running from 20 days after
the start of flowering to 10 days after the end of flowering, during the day, following a systematic pattern to
ensure that the sample is representative of the field but excluding the edges of the crop. Member States may
authorise sampling to be carried out during the period from the start of flowering to 20 days after the start of
flowering provided that, for each variety grown, other representative samples are taken in accordance with the
above rules during the period from 20 days after the start of flowering to 10 days after the end of flowering;

— Procedure B: in a standing crop of a given variety of hemp, take the upper third of each plant selected. Sampling
is to be carried out during the 10 days following the end of flowering, during the day, following a systematic
pattern to ensure that the sample is representative of the field but excluding the edges of the crop. In the case of
dioecious varieties, only female plants must be taken.

2.2. Sample size

— Procedure A: the sample is to comprise parts of 50 plants per field;

— Procedure B: the sample is to comprise parts of 200 plants per field.

Each sample is to be placed in a fabric or paper bag, without crushing it, and sent to the laboratory for analysis.

The Member State may provide for a second sample to be collected for counteranalysis, if required, to be kept either
by the producer or by the body responsible for the analysis.

2.3. Drying and storage of the sample

Drying of the samples must begin as soon as possible and, in any case, within 48 hours using any method below
70 °C. Samples should be dried to a constant weight and to a moisture content of between 8 % and 13 %.

After drying, store the samples without crushing them at below 25 °C in a dark place.

3. Determination of THC content

3.1. Preparation of the test sample

Remove stems and seeds over 2 mm in size from the dried samples.

Grind the dried samples to obtain a semi-fine powder (passing through a 1 mm mesh sieve).

The powder may be stored for 10 weeks at below 25 °C in a dark, dry place.

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3.2. Reagents and extraction solution

Reagents

— ∆ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol, pure for chromatographic purposes,

— Squalane, pure for chromatographic purposes, as an internal standard.

Extraction solution

— 35 mg of squalane per 100 ml hexane.

3.3. Extraction of ∆ 9-THC

Weigh 100 mg of the powdered test sample, place in a centrifuge tube and add 5 ml of extraction solution
containing the internal standard.

Place in an ultrasound bath and leave for 20 minutes. Centrifuge for five minutes at 3 000 r.p.m. and then remove
the supernatant THC solution. Inject the solution into the chromatograph and carry out a quantitative analysis.

3.4. Gas chromatography

(a) Apparatus

— gas chromatograph with a flame ionisation detector and a split/splitless injector,

— column allowing good separation of cannabinoids, for example a glass capillary column 25-m long and

0,22 mm in diameter impregnated with a 5 % non-polar phenyl-methyl-siloxane phase.

(b) Calibration ranges

At least three points for procedure A and five points for procedure B, including points 0,04 and 0,50 mg/ml
∆ 9-THC in extraction solution.

(c) Experimental conditions

The following conditions are given as an example for the column referred to in (a):

— oven temperature:

— injector temperature:

— detector temperature:

(d) Volume injected: 1 µl.

4. Results

260 °C

300 °C

300 °C.

The findings are to be expressed to two decimal places in grams of ∆ 9-THC per 100 grams of analytical sample dried
to constant weight. A tolerance of 0,03 g per 100 g applies.

— Procedure A: one determination per test sample.

However, where the result obtained is above the limit laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 5a(1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1251/1999, a second determination must be carried out per analysis sample and the mean
value of the two determinations will be taken as the result.

— Procedure B: the result corresponds to the mean value of two determinations per test sample.’