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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-508/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/1999/508",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 508/1999 of 4 March 1999 amending Annexes I to IV to 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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-508",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 508/1999\nof 4 March 1999\namending Annexes I to IV to 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\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving 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 2728/98, and in particular Articles 6, 7 and 8 thereof,\nWhereas, since the adoption of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90, the Annexes have been amended a number of times; whereas, since the texts are numerous, complex and dispersed among various Official Journals, they are difficult to use and thus lack the clarity which should be an essential feature of all legislation; whereas, certain of those Annexes should therefore be consolidated; whereas on the same occasion the name or chemical description of some compounds should be rectified or made more precise and certain material errors should be corrected;\nWhereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 343, 18. 12. 1998, p. 8."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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