# Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products, Division 2: Usual terminology

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

The usual terminology to be used in describing the constituents of veterinary medicinal products means, notwithstanding the application of the other provisions of Article 12(3)(c):
in respect of constituents which appear in the European Pharmacopoeia or, failing this, in the national pharmacopoeia of one of the Member States, the main title at the head of the monograph in question, with reference to the pharmacopoeia concerned,
in respect of other constituents, the international non-proprietary name (INN) recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which may be accompanied by another non-proprietary name, or, failing these, the exact scientific designation; constituents not having an international non-proprietary name or an exact scientific designation shall be described by a statement of how and from what they were prepared, supplemented, where appropriate, by any other relevant details,
in respect of colouring matter, designation by the ‘E’ code assigned to them by Council Directive 78/25/EEC .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2001/82/annex/I/title/I/part/2/division/A/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-82/annex-I/title-I/part-2/division-A/division-2
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