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ACTIVITIES OF NIPH‘S CHEMICAL LABORATORY IN THE FIELD OF TOBACCO

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GRANTED ACCREDITATION FOR THE METHODS:

SIST ISO 4387 Cigarettes – Determination of total and nicotine­free dry particulate matter using a routine

analytical smoking machine

SIST ISO 8454Cigarettes – Determination of carbon monoxide in the vapour phase of cigarette smoke – NDIR 

method

SIST ISO 10362­2 Cigarettes – Determination of water in smoke condensates – Part 2: Karl Fischer method

SIST ISO 10315 Cigarettes – Determination of nicotine in smoke condensates – Gas chromatographic method

COOPERATION WITH DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS IN SLOVENIA  AND EUROPE:

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA  MINISTRY OF HEALTHHEALTH INSPECTORATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

EUROPEAN NETWORK OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES  FOR TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS

DIRECTIVE 2001/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 5 June 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products

OTHER ACTIVITIES

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