Article 4 Medicinal products that are not prescription only

(1)

Notwithstanding article 3(1)(a), a veterinary drug in respect of which there has been granted a product licence shall not be a prescription only medicine by reason that it consists of or contains a particular substance listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 where–

(a)

in relation to that substance there is an entry in one or more of columns 2 and 3;

(b)

the maximum strength in the drug of that substance does not exceed the maximum strength, if any, specified in column 2; and

(c)

the veterinary drug is sold or supplied–

(i)

if a pharmaceutical form or a route of administration is specified in column 3, in such pharmaceutical form, and for administration only by such route, as may be so specified, and

(ii)

if a use is specified in column 3, in a container or package labelled to show a use so specified to which the veterinary drug is to be put but no use not so specified.

(2)

Notwithstanding article 3(1)(a) and (c), a veterinary drug for parenteral administration consisting of or containing a substance listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 shall not be a prescription only medicine where the maximum strength of that substance does not exceed the maximum strength, if any, specified in column 2 and the veterinary drug in question is sold or supplied only for the purpose or in the circumstances specified in column 3.