Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. 1998 No. 237) (“the principal Regulations”) that provided for the enforcement of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (OJ No. L 224, 18.8.1990, p.1).
That Regulation has now been replaced, and these Regulations make supplementary provision to provide for the enforcement of its successor Regulation (EC) No. 470/2009 laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin (O.J. No. L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 11).
In addition, these Regulations provide for the enforcement of Commission Regulation (EU) No.37/2010 on pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin (OJ No. L 15, 20.1.2010, p.1).
Regulations 2 (2) to (12) amend the principal Regulations so that the references to EU legislation are up to date.