# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2686/98 of 11 December 1998 amending Annexes I and II of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance) EU Regulation No 2686/1998 · adopted 11 December 1998 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2686/98 of 11 December 1998 amending Annexes I and II of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance) ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 2686/98 of 11 December 1998 amending Annexes I and II of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2560/98 and in particular Articles 6, 7 and 8 thereof, Whereas, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90, maximum residue limits must be established progressively for all pharmacologically active substances which are used within the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for administration to food-producing animals; Whereas maximum residue limits should be established only after the examination within the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products of all the relevant information concerning the safety of residues of the substance concerned for the consumer of foodstuffs of animal origin and the impact of residues on the industrial processing of foodstuffs; Whereas, in establishing maximum residue limits for residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, it is necessary to specify the animal species in which residues may be present, the levels which may be present in each of the relevant meat tissues obtained from the treated animal (target tissue) and the nature of the residue which is relevant for the monitoring of residues (marker residue); Whereas, for the control of residues, as provided for in appropriate Community legislation, maximum residue limits should usually be established for the target tissues of liver or kidney; whereas, however, the liver and kidney are frequently removed from carcasses moving in international trade, and maximum residue limits should therefore also always be established for muscle or fat tissues; Whereas, in the case of veterinary medicinal products intended for use in laying birds, lactating animals or honey bees, maximum residue limits must also be established for eggs, milk or honey; Whereas flumethrin should be inserted into Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90; Whereas oleyloleate, calcium glucoheptonate, calcium glucono glucoheptonate, calcium gluconolactate, calcium glutamate, nickel gluconate, nickel sulphate, sodium hypophosphite, bacitracin, bronopol, cetostearyl alcohol, menadione, phytomenadione, 2-pyrrolidone, sodium cetostearyl sulphate, wool alcohols, lespedeza capitata, majoranae herba, medicago sativa extractum, sinapis nigrae semen and flumethrin should be inserted into Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90; Whereas a period of 60 days should be allowed before the entry into force of this Regulation in order to allow Member States to make any adjustment which may be necessary to the authorisations to place the veterinary medicinal products concerned on the market which have been granted in accordance with Council Directive 81/851/EEC, as last amended by Directive 93/40/EEC to take account of the provisions of this Regulation; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products, HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING REGULATION: ## 1 Annexes I and II of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto. ## 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 60th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. ## Signature This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 December 1998. For the Commission Martin Bangemann Member of the Commission ## A Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2377/90 is amended as follows: ## 2 Antiparasitic agents ## 2.2 Agents acting against ectoparasites ## 2.2.3 Pyrethroids Pharmacologically active substance(s) Marker residue Animal species MRLs Target tissues Other provisions ‘Flumethrin Flumethrin (sum of trans-Z isomers) Bovine 10 μg/kg Muscle 150 μg/kg Fat 20 μg/kg Liver 10 μg/kg Kidney 30 μg/kg Milk’ ## B Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2377/90 is amended as follows: ## 1 Inorganic chemicals Pharmacologically active substance(s) Animal species Other provisions ‘Calcium glucoheptonate All food-producing species Calcium glucono glucoheptonate All food-producing species Calcium gluconolactate All food-producing species Calcium glutamate All food-producing species Nickel gluconate All food-producing species Nickel sulphate All food-producing species Sodium hypophosphite All food-producing species’ ## 2 Organic compounds Pharmacologically active substance(s) Animal species Other provisions ‘2-Pyrrolidone All food-producing species At parenteral doses up to 40 mg/kg bw Bacitracin Bovine For intramammary use in lactating cows only and for all tissues except milk Bronopol Salmonidae For use only on farmed fertilised eggs Cetostearyl alcohol All food-producing species Flumethrin Honey bees Menadione All food-producing species Oleyloleate All food-producing species For topical use only Phytomenadione All food-producing species Sodium cetostearyl sulphate All food-producing species For topical use only Wool alcohols All food-producing species For topical use only’ ## 6 Substances of vegetable origin Pharmacologically active substance(s) Animal species Other provisions ‘Lespedeza capitata All food-producing species Majoranae herba All food-producing species Medicago sativa extractum All food-producing species For topical use only Sinapis nigrae semen All food-producing species’ --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1998/2686 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-2686 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.