
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2560/98 of 27 November 1998 amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance) 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1191/98, and in particular Articles 6, 7 and 8 thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90, maximum residue limits must be established progressively for all pharmacologically active substances which are used within the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for administration to food-producing animals;
Whereas maximum residue limits should be established only after the examination within the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products of all the relevant information concerning the safety of residues of the substance concerned for the consumer of foodstuffs of animal origin and the impact of residues on the industrial processing of foodstuffs;
Whereas, in establishing maximum residue limits for residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, it is necessary to specify the animal species in which residues may be present, the levels which may be present in each of the relevant meat tissues obtained from the treated animal (target tissue) and the nature of the residue which is relevant for the monitoring of residues (marker residue);
Whereas, for the control of residues, as provided for in appropriate Community legislation, maximum residue limits should usually be established for the target tissues of liver or kidney; whereas, however, the liver and kidney are frequently removed from carcases moving in international trade, and maximum residue limits should therefore also always be established for muscle or fat tissues;
Whereas, in the case of veterinary medicinal products intended for use in laying birds, lactating animals or honey bees, maximum residue limits must also be established for eggs, milk or honey;
Whereas valnemulin should be inserted into Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90;
Whereas cinnamomi cassiae aetheroleum, copper heptanoate, copper methionate, copper oxide, copper sulphate, alfaprostol, dicopper oxide, rifaximin, angelicae radix aetheroleum, anisi aetheroleum, copper gluconate, caryophylli aetheroleum, cinnamomi ceylanici aetheroleum, citri aetheroleum, citronellae aetheroleum, coriandri aetheroleum, foeniculi aetheroleum, menthae piperitae aetheroleum, myristicae aetheroleum, rosmarini aetheroleum, thymi aetheroleum and carvi aetheroleum should be inserted into Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90;
Whereas a period of 60 days should be allowed before the entry into force of this Regulation in order to allow Member States to make any adjustment which may be necessary to the authorisations to place the veterinary medicinal products concerned on the market which have been granted in accordance with Council Directive 81/851/EEC, as last amended by Directive 93/40/EEC, to take account of the provisions of this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 60th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 November 1998.
For the Commission
Martin BANGEMANN
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


A.. Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 is amended as follows:

1.. Anti-infectious agents

1.2. Antibiotics

1.2.8. Pleuromutilines

Pharmacologically active substance(s) Marker residue Animal species MRLs Target tissues Other provisions
‘Valnemulin Valnemulin Porcine 50 μg/kg Muscle 
500 μg/kg Liver
100 μg/kg Kidney’
B.. Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 is amended as follows:

1.. Inorganic chemicals

Pharmacologically active substance(s) Animal species Other provisions
‘Copper chloride All food producing species 
Copper gluconate All food producing species 
Copper heptanoate All food producing species 
Copper methionate All food producing species 
Copper oxide All food producing species 
Copper sulphate All food producing species 
Dicopper oxide All food producing species’ 
2.. Organic compounds

Pharmacologically active substance(s) Animal species Other provisions
‘Alfaprostol Rabbits 
Rifaximin All mammalian food producing species For topical use only’
6.. Substances of vegetable origin

Pharmacologically active substance(s) Animal species Other provisions
‘Angelicae radix aetheroleum All food producing species 
Anisi aetheroleum All food producing species 
Carvi aetheroleum All food producing species 
Caryophylli aetheroleum All food producing species 
Cinnamomi cassiae aetheroleum All food producing species 
Cinnamomi ceylanici aetheroleum All food producing species 
Citri aetheroleum All food producing species 
Citronellae aetheroleum All food producing species 
Coriandri aetheroleum All food producing species 
Foeniculi aetheroleum All food producing species 
Menthae piperitae aetheroleum All food producing species 
Myristicae aetheroleum All food producing species For use in newborn animals only’
Rosmarini aetheroleum All food producing species 
Thymi aetheroleum All food producing species 
