Commission Regulation (EC) No 2758/1999 of 22 December 1999 amending Annex II 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: 1999-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, food inspection, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, veterinary drug, waste

23. 12. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 331/49

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2758/1999

of 22 December 1999

amending Annex II 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 2757/1999 (2) and in partic-
ular Articles 7 and 8 thereof;

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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

maximum residue limits should be established only after
the examination within the Committee for Veterinary
the relevant
Medicinal Products of all
information
concerning the safety of
residues fo the substance
foodstuffs of animal
concerned for the consumer of
origin and the impact of residues on the industrial
processing of foodstuffs;

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
for the monitoring of
the residue which is relevant
residues (marker residue);

for the control of residues, as provided for in appro-
priate Community legislation, maximum residue limits
should usually be established for the target tissues of
liver or kidney. However,
the liver and kidney are
frequently removed from carcasses moving in inter-

(5)

(6)

(7)

national
trade, and maximum residue limits should
therefore also always be established for muscle or fat
tissues;

in the case of veterinary medicinal products intended for
use in laying birds,
lactating animals or honey bees,
maximum residue limits must also be established for
eggs, milk or honey;

aloe vera gel and whole leaf extract of aloe vera should
be inserted into Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/
90;

an adequate period should be allowed before the entry
into 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;

(8)

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

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 is hereby amended
as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from the 60th day following its publication.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1999.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 1.
(2) See page 45 of this Official Journal.

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

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