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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-82/article-69",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2001/82",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-82",
  "path": "article/69",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Member States shall ensure that the owners or keepers of food-producing animals can provide proof of purchase, possession and administration of veterinary medicinal products to such animals for five years after their administration, including when the animal is slaughtered during the five-year period.\nIn particular, Member States may require the maintenance of a record giving at least the following information:\n(a) date;\n(b) name of the veterinary medicinal product;\n(c) quantity;\n(d) name and address of the supplier of the medicinal product;\n(e) identification of the animals treated.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2004/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/82/EC on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2001/82/article/69",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:59.567754+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."
}