WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1897/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs
Date: 1997-06-04
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: animal product, application of EU law, food inspection, health control, veterinary drug, veterinary medicinal product, waste













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1897/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs  


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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1897/97 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission (4 June 1997)Subject: Residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffsIn the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin' (COM(96) 0584 final - 90/0279 CNS) ((OJ C 381, 17.12.1996, p. 9. )),the deadline for reviewing substances already in use needs to be altered.Given the rate at which substances already in use are being examined and the fact that there are still over 200 substances to examined, the Committee can only approve the extension provided for in Article 14 (1) and (2).Given the length of time needed for detailed examinations, which are vital for consumer protection and animal health, and in order ensure that the practice of extending deadlines is not continued indefinitely, does the Commission not consider two years to be sufficient, on the basis of the information gathered by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products, and will it set 1 January 2000 as the final deadline?Answer given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission (11 July 1997)The Commission's proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin ((OJ C 381, 17.12.1996. )) has been split into two parts: the extension of the deadline mentioned in Article 14 (1,2) and the rest of the proposal.Through Council Regulation (EC) No 34/97 of 3 March 1997 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin ((OJ L 67, 7.3.1997. )) the deadline has been extended for pyrasolidon, nitroimidazoles, arsenic acid and phenylbutazone to 1 January 1998 and to 1 January 2000 for all other substances which were on the market before 1 January 1992 in one or more Member States and for which a dossier has been submitted to the Commission or the European agency for the evaluation of medicinal products (EMEA) before 1 January 1996. These substances have been listed in the communication of the EMEA for the evaluation of medicines according to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 434/97 of 3 March 1997 ((OJ C 165, 31.5.1997. )). The Commission's proposal had foreseen an extension of the deadline until 1999. However it was modified by Council to the above mentioned dates.