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 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)
Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 requires that the maximum residue limit (hereinafter ‘MRL’) 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 is established in a Regulation.
(2)
Table 1 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 sets out the pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding MRLs in foodstuffs of animal origin.
(3)
Purified semi-solid extract from Humulus lupulus L. containing approximately 48 % of beta acids (as potassium salts) is not yet included in that table.
(4)
An application for the establishment of MRLs for purified semi-solid extract from Humulus lupulus L. containing approximately 48 % of beta acids (as potassium salts) in honey has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency (hereinafter ‘EMA’).
(5)
The EMA, based on the opinion of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use, has recommended that the establishment of an MRL for purified semi-solid extract from Humulus lupulus L. containing approximately 48 % of beta acids (as potassium salts) in honey, is not necessary for the protection of human health.
(6)
According to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009, the EMA is to consider using MRLs established for a pharmacologically active substance in a particular foodstuff for another foodstuff derived from the same species, or MRLs established for a pharmacologically active substance in one or more species for other species.
(7)
Given that residues in honey are not subject to the metabolic processes to which they may be subjected in other food commodities of animal origin, the EMA concluded that an extrapolation of the recommendation on MRL for purified semi-solid extract from Humulus lupulus L. containing approximately 48 % of beta acids (as potassium salts) is not appropriate.
(8)
Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(9)
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: