# Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and amending Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Subject matter and scope

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. For the purposes of ensuring food safety, this Regulation lays down rules and procedures in order to establish:
(a) the maximum concentration of a residue of a pharmacologically active substance which may be permitted in food of animal origin (maximum residue limit);
(b) the level of a residue of a pharmacologically active substance established for control reasons in the case of certain substances for which a maximum residue limit has not been laid down in accordance with this Regulation (reference point for action).
2. This Regulation shall not apply:
(a) to active principles of biological origin intended to produce active or passive immunity or to diagnose a state of immunity, used in immunological veterinary medicinal products;
(b) to substances falling within the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 315/93.
3. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to ... legislation prohibiting the use in food-producing animals of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonists, as provided for by the assimilated law which transposed Directive 96/22/EC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/470/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-470/article-1
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