Commission Regulation (EC) No 2385/1999 of 10 November 1999 amending Annexes I, II and III of 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 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, food inspection, foodstuffs legislation, veterinary drug, waste

L 288/14

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11. 11. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2385/1999

of 10 November 1999

amending Annexes I, II and III of 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

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26
June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the estab-
lishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal
products in foodstuffs of animal origin (1), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1943/1999 (2), and in par-
ticular Articles 6 and 8 thereof,

(1) Whereas, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/
established
90, maximum residue
progressively for all pharmacologically active substances
which are used within the Community in veterinary
medicinal products intended for administration to food-
producing animals;

limits must be

(2) Whereas maximum residue limits should be established
only after examination within the Committee for Veter-
inary Medicinal Products of all the relevant information
the substance
concerning the safety of
concerned for the consumer of
foodstuffs of animal
origin and the impact of residues on the industrial
processing of foodstuffs;

residues of

(5) Whereas, in the case of veterinary medicinal products
intended for use in laying birds,
lactating animals or
honey bees, maximum residue limits must also be estab-
lished for eggs, milk or honey;

(6) Whereas flubendazole and florfenicol should be inserted
into Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90;

(7) Whereas strychni semen, ruta graveolens, ruscus aculeatus,
lauri fructus, lauri folii aetheroleum, juniperi fructus, hippocas-
tani semen and capsici fructus acer should be inserted into
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90;

(8) Whereas,

in order

the completion of
to allow for
scientific studies, phoxim should be inserted into Annex
III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90;

(9) Whereas a period of 60 days should be allowed before
the entry force of this Regulation in order to allow
Member States to make any adjustment which may be
necessary to the authorisations to place the veterinary
medicinal products concerned on the market which have
been granted in accordance with Council Directive 81/
851/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 93/40/EEC (4),
to take account of the provisions of this Regulation;

(10) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,

(3) Whereas,

in establishing maximum residue limits for
residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs
of animal origin, it is necessary to specify the animal
species in which residues may be present, the levels
which may be present in each of the relevant meat
tissues obtained from the treated animal (target tissue)
and the nature of the residue which is relevant for the
monitoring of residues (marker residue);

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(4) Whereas, for the control of residues, as provided for in
appropriate Community legislation, maximum residue
limits should usually be established for the target tissues
of
the liver and
kidney are frequently removed from carcases moving in
international trade, and maximum residue limits should
therefore also always be established for muscle or fat
tissues;

liver or kidney; whereas, however,

Annexes I,
hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.

II and III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 are

Article 2

into force on the 60th day
This Regulation shall enter
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 241, 11.9.1999, p. 9.

(3) OJ L 317, 6.11.1981, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 214, 24.8.1993, p. 31.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 November 1999.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

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