Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/201

of 6 February 2017

amending Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 to classify the substance fluralaner as regards its maximum residue limit

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 Council1, 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 (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 37/20102 sets out the pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding MRLs in foodstuffs of animal origin.
(3)

The substance fluralaner is not included in that table.

(4)

An application for the establishment of MRLs for fluralaner in chicken has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

(5)

The EMA, based on the opinion of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use, has recommended the establishment of an MRL for fluralaner in chicken tissues and eggs.

(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)

The EMA has considered that the extrapolation of the MRL for fluralaner from chicken tissues and eggs to the tissues and eggs of other poultry species is appropriate.

(8)

Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9)

It is appropriate to grant the stakeholders concerned a reasonable period of time to take measures that may be required to comply with the new MRL.

(10)

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

The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 8 April 2017.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 February 2017.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker

ANNEX

In Table 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010, an entry for the following substance is inserted in alphabetical order:

Pharmacologically active Substance

Marker residue

Animal Species

MRL

Target Tissues

Other Provisions (according to Article 14(7) of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009)

Therapeutic Classification

‘Fluralaner

Fluralaner

Poultry

65 μg/kg

Muscle

NO ENTRY

Antiparasitic agents/Agents against ectoparasites’

650 μg/kg

Skin and fat in natural proportions

650 μg/kg

Liver

420 μg/kg

Kidney

1 300 μg/kg

Eggs