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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-869/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/869",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 869/2005 of 8 June 2005 amending Annexes I and II 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 as regards ivermectin and carprofen (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-869",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 869/2005\nof 8 June 2005\namending Annexes I and II 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 as regards ivermectin and carprofen\n(Text with EEA relevance)\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, and in particular Articles 2 and 3 thereof,\nHaving regard to the opinions of the European Medicines Agency formulated by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAll pharmacologically active substances which are used within the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for administration to food-producing animals should be evaluated in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.\n(2)\nIvermectin has been included in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 for bovine, porcine, ovine and Equidae for liver and fat and for deer including reindeer for liver, fat, muscle and kidney. That entry should be modified and extended to all mammalian food producing species excluding animals from which milk is produced for human consumption.\n(3)\nCarprofen has been included in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 with carprofen as marker residue for bovine and Equidae for muscle, fat, liver and kidney excluding bovine from which milk is produced for human consumption. That marker residue should be replaced by the sum of carprofen and carprofen glucuronide conjugate. Carprofen should be included in Annex II to that Regulation for bovine milk only.\n(4)\nRegulation (EEC) No 2377/90 should be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nAn adequate period should be allowed before the applicability of this Regulation in order to enable Member States to make any adjustment which may be necessary in the light of this Regulation to the marketing authorisations granted in accordance with 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.\n(6)\nThe 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",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 712/2005 (OJ L 120, 12.5.2005, p. 3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/28/EC (OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 58)."
    }
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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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