{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-22/article-14a",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-22/article-14a.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1996/22",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-22",
  "path": "article/14a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14a",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Notwithstanding Articles 3 and 5a, and without prejudice to Article 2, farm animals for which it can be certified that they have been administered oestradiol 17β or its ester-like derivatives for therapeutic or zootechnical purposes prior to 14 October 2004 shall be subject to the same provisions as those laid down for the substances authorised in accordance with Article 4(1) as regards therapeutic use and Article 5 as regards zootechnical use.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Deleted by Directive 2008/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 amending Council Directive 96/22/EC concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonists (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/22/article/14a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:13.165595+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}