{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1871/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1871/article-5.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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Enforcement of reference points for action",
  "text": "For the purpose of control in food of animal origin of some residues of substances, whose use is prohibited or not allowed in Great Britain, the reference points for action, laid down in the Annex, shall apply irrespective of the food matrix tested.\nFood of animal origin, containing residues of a pharmacologically active substance in a concentration at or above the reference point for action, shall be considered not to comply with relevant assimilated law and shall not enter the food chain. Food of animal origin containing residues of a pharmacologically active substance in a concentration at a level below the reference point for action shall not be prohibited from entering the food chain for reasons relating only to its non-compliance with the relevant provisions of relevant assimilated law.\nIn this Article, “relevant assimilated law” means—\n(a) as regards England and Scotland, the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015;\n(b) as regards Wales, the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Wales) Regulations 2019.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1461), regs. 1(2)(b), 7(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1461), regs. 1(2)(b), 7(5)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 5 substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 133(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1461), regs. 1(2)(b), 7(5)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1461), regs. 1(2)(b), 7(5)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1871/article/5",
    "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."
}