{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-22/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-22/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Hormonal products and beta-agonists the administration of which to farm animals is authorised in accordance with Articles 4, 5 or 5a must meet the requirements of Directive 2001/82/EC.\n2. The following may not, however, be authorized in accordance with paragraph 1:\n(a) the following hormonal products:\n(i) products acting as a deposit;\n(ii) products with a withdrawal period of more than 15 days after the end of treatment;\n(iii) products:\nwhich were authorized under rules that preceded the amendment made by Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93,\nwhose conditions of use are not known,\nfor which no reagents or equipment exist for use in the analytical techniques for detecting the presence of residues in excess of the permitted limits,\n(b) veterinary medicinal products containing beta-agonists which have a withdrawal period of more than 28 days after the end of treatment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2003/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 214, 24.8.1993, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/22/article/6",
    "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."
}