WORKING DOCUMENT - Contact alimentaire

Paragraph 5:5. Where a material or article is intended to come into repeated contact withfoodstuffs, the migration test(s) shall be carried out three times on a single sample inaccordance with the conditions laid down in Directive 82/711/EEC using anothersample of the food or simulant(s) on each occasion. Its compliance shall be checkedon the basis of the level of the migration found in the third test. However, if there isconclusive proof that the level of the migration does not increase in the second andthird tests and if the migration limit(s) is (are) not exceeded on the first test, no furthertest is necessary.53Europäische Vereinigung der Lack-, Druckfarben- und KünstlerfarbenindustrieEuropean Council of Paint, Printing Inks and Artists' Colours IndustryAvenue E. Van Nieuwenhuyse 4 - BE-1160 BrusselsTel:+32 (0)2 676 7480 - Fax: + 32 (0)2 676 7490 - E-mail: secretariat@cepe.org -Internet: http://www.cepe.org/