Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/2002 of 24 May 2002 amending Annexes I and 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: 2002-05-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, food contamination, food processing, foodstuffs legislation, health policy, pharmaceutical product, veterinary drug

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Official Journal of the European Communities

25.5.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 868/2002

of 24 May 2002

amending Annexes I and 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 77/2002 (2), and in particular
Articles 7 and 8 thereof,

Whereas:

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
information
Medicinal Products of all
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.

the relevant
residues of

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).

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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.

Gentamicin, Piperazine
and Abamectin should be
inserted into Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.

Allantoin and Benzocaine 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 Directive 2001/82/EC (3) of
the European Parliament and of the Council to take
account of the provisions of this Regulation.

(9)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 are hereby
amended as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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 carcases moving in inter-

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

It shall apply from the sixtieth day following its publication.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 16, 18.1.2002, p. 9.

(3) OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 May 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

A. Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 is amended as follows:

ANNEX

1.

1.2.

Anti-infectious agents

Antibiotics

1.2.10. Aminoglucosides

Pharmacologically active
substance(s)

‘Gentamicin

Marker residue

Animal species

MRLs

Target tissues

Other provisions

Sum of gentamicin C1,
gentamicin C1a, gentami-
cin C2 and gentamicin C2a

Bovine

Porcine

50 µg/kg
50 µg/kg
200 µg/kg
750 µg/kg
100 µg/kg

50 µg/kg
50 µg/kg
200 µg/kg
750 µg/kg

Muscle
Fat
Liver
Kidney
Milk

Muscle
Skin and fat
Liver
Kidney’

2.

2.1.

Anti-parasitic agents

Agents acting against endoparasites

2.1.6.

Piperazine derivatives

Pharmacologically active
substance(s)

Marker residue

Animal species

MRLs

Target tissues

Other provisions

‘Piperazine

Piperazine

Porcine

400 µg/kg
800 µg/kg
2 000 µg/kg
1 000 µg/kg

Muscle
Skind and fat
Liver
Kidney

Chicken

2 000 µg/kg

Eggs’

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Agents acting against endo- and ectoparasites

2.3.1. Avermectins

Pharmacologically active
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Marker residue

Animal species

MRLs

Target tissues

Other provisions

‘Abamectin

Avermectin B1a

Ovine

20 µg/kg
50 µg/kg
25 µg/kg
20 µg/kg

Muscle
Fat
Liver
Kidney

Not for use in animals from which milk is produced
for human consumption’

B. Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 is amended as follows:

2.

Organic compounds

Pharmacologically active substance(s)

Animal species

Other provisions

‘Allantoin

Benzocaine

All food producing species

For topical use only

Salmonidae’

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