{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1871/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1871/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1871",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1871 of 7 November 2019 on reference points for action for non-allowed pharmacologically active substances present in food of animal origin and repealing Decision 2005/34/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1871",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "This Regulation lays down:\n(a)rules for the establishment of reference points for action for residues of pharmacologically actives substances, for which no maximum residue limit has been laid down in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 470/2009;\n(b)methodological principles and scientific methods for the risk assessment of the safety of reference points for action;\n(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d)specific rules on action to be taken in the case of a confirmed presence of a residue of a prohibited or non-allowed substance at levels above, equal to or below the reference point for action.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 1(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1461), regs. 1(2)(b), 7(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1871/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:02.342515+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}