# 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, Article 14a

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/22/article/14a (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-22/article-14a
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