THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and amending Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and in particular Article 14 in conjunction with Article 17 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Medicines Agency formulated by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use,
Whereas:
(1)
The maximum residue limit for pharmacologically active substances intended for use in the Union in veterinary medicinal products for food-producing animals or in biocidal products used in animal husbandry should be established in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 470/2009.
(2)
Pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin are set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 of 22 December 2009 on pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin.
(3)
Phenoxymethylpenicillin is currently included in Table 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 as an allowed substance, for porcine species, applicable to muscle, liver and kidney and for poultry species, applicable to muscle, skin and fat, liver and kidney, excluding animals from which eggs are produced for human consumption.
(4)
An application for the extension of the existing entry for phenoxymethylpenicillin to include eggs for poultry species has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency.
(5)
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use has recommended establishing a maximum residue limit (hereinafter ‘MRL’) for phenoxymethylpenicillin for porcine species, applicable to muscle, liver and kidney and for poultry species, applicable to muscle, skin and fat, liver, kidney and eggs.
(6)
The entry for phenoxymethylpenicillin in Table 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 should therefore be amended to include the MRL for eggs for poultry species.
(7)
It is appropriate to provide for a reasonable period of time for the stakeholders concerned to take measures that may be required to comply with the newly set MRL.
(8)
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: