Paragraph 5 The productI1

The active substance in the veterinary medicinal product must be approved under paragraph 4.

The veterinary medicinal product must not be an antibiotic.

It must not contain any narcotic or psychotropic substance.

If it contains an active substance contained in a veterinary medicinal product authorised in the United Kingdom as a product that can only be prescribed by a veterinary surgeon, a product containing that active substance must have been so authorised for at least five years.

It must not be intended for treatments or pathological processes that require a precise prior diagnosis or the use of which may cause effects that impede or interfere with subsequent diagnostic or therapeutic measures.

The requirement that a veterinary medicinal product may only contain an active substance approved under paragraph 4 does not apply until 1st November 2007 in relation to a veterinary medicinal product on the market on 30th October 2005.