BRITISH STANDARD

Methods of test for
petroleum and its
products Ð
BS 2000-462:
Petroleum products and
used oils Ð
Determination of PCBs
and related products Ð
Part 1: Separation and determination of
selected PCB congeners by gas
chromatography (GC) using an electron
capture detector (ECD)
(Identical with IP 462/2001)

The European Standard EN 12766-1:2000 has the status of a
British Standard

ICS 75.080

NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW

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BS EN
12766-1:2000
BS
2000-462:2001


BS EN 12766-1:2000

National foreword
This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12766-1:2000.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee
PTI/13, Petroleum testing and terminology, which has the responsibility to:
Ð aid enquirers to understand the text;
Ð present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the
interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
Ð monitor related international and European developments and promulgate
them in the UK.
A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to
its secretary.
The Institute of Petroleum publishes and sells all parts of BS 2000, and
all BS EN petroleum test methods that would be part of BS 2000, both in
its annual publication ªStandard methods for analysis and testing of
petroleum and related products and British Standard 2000 partsº and
individually.
Further information is available from:
The Institute of Petroleum, 61 New Cavendish Street, London W1M 8AR.
Tel: 020 7467 7100. Fax: 020 7255 1472.
Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international or European publications
referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the
section entitled ªInternational Standards Correspondence Indexº, or by using the
ªFindº facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue.
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.

Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page,
pages 2 to 32, an inside back cover and a back cover.
The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document
was last issued.

This British Standard, having
been prepared under the
direction of the Sector
Committee for Materials and
Chemicals, was published under
the authority of the Standards
Committee and comes into effect
on 15 August 2000
 The Institute of Petroleum
and BSI 08-2000

ISBN 0 580 36218 3

Amendments issued since publication
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