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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1451/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/1451",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2006 of 29 September 2006 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 fluazuron, sodium nitrite and peforelin (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1451",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2006\nof 29 September 2006\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 fluazuron, sodium nitrite and peforelin\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 used in the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for food-producing animals should be evaluated in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.\n(2)\nThe substance fluazuron is included in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 for bovine for muscle, fat, liver and kidney, excluding animals from which milk is produced for human consumption. Additional data were provided and assessed leading to the recommendation that fluazuron should be included in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 for bovine for muscle, fat, liver and kidney, excluding animals from which milk is produced for human consumption.\n(3)\nFollowing examination of an application for the establishment of maximum residue limits for sodium nitrite in dairy cattle, it is considered appropriate to include this substance in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 for the bovine species for topical use only.\n(4)\nFollowing examination of an application for the establishment of maximum residue limits for peforelin in porcine species, it is considered appropriate to include this substance in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 for the porcine species.\n(5)\nRegulation (EEC) No 2377/90 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\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 authorisations to place the veterinary medicinal products concerned on the market which have been 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 to take account of the provisions of this Regulation.\n(7)\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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1231/2006 (OJ L 225, 17.8.2006, 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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