Directive 1981/602 - Prohibition of certain substances having a hormonal action and of any substances having a thyrostatic action - Main contents

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Legal instrument	Directive
Number legal act	Directive 1981/602
Original proposal	COM(1980)614
CELEX number i	31981L0602

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Council Directive 81/602/EEC of 31 July 1981 concerning the prohibition of certain substances having a hormonal action and of any substances having a thyrostatic action

Official Journal L 222 , 07/08/1981 P. 0032 - 0033

Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 13 P. 0214

Spanish special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 23 P. 0038

Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 13 P. 0214

Portuguese special edition Chapter 03 Volume 23 P. 0038

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 31 July 1981 concerning the prohibition of certain substances having a hormonal action and of any substances having a thyrostatic action (81/602/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),

Whereas, due to the residues that they leave in meat, certain substances with a thyrostatic, oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action may be dangerous for consumers ; whereas these substances may also affect the quality of the meat;

Whereas, in the interest of the consumer, the administering to any animal of stilbenes and thyrostatic substances and the marketing of these substances must be prohibited and the use of the other substances must be regulated;

Whereas, in particular, if the use of certain substances may be authorized for therapeutic purposes, this must be controlled;

Whereas, moreover, the harmless or harmful effects of the use of Oestradiol 17/ß, Progesterone, Testosterone, Trenbolone and Zeranol still have to be examined in detail ; whereas, pending the adoption of a decision relating to these substances, the current measures governing them should be maintained as a precautionary measure with due regard for the general provisions of the Treaty;

Whereas provision should be made for the effective control of the application of the provisions deriving from this Directive,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

• 1. 

  For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions of meat and meat products contained in Directives 64/433/EEC (4), 71/118/EEC (5) and 77/99/EEC (6) shall apply.

• 2. 

  In addition, the following definitions shall apply: - farm animals : domestic animals of the bovinespecies, swine, sheep, goats, solipeds and poultry,and wild animals of these species and wild ruminantswhich have been raised on a holding,

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  therapeutic treatment : the administering to a farmanimal of any of the substances referred to inArticle 4 (1) to treat a pathological state diagnosed,on examination, by a veterinarian. (1) OJ No C 305, 22.11.1980, p. 2. (2) OJ No C 50, 9.3.1981, p. 87. (3) OJ No C 138, 9.6.1981, p. 29. (4) OJ No 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64. (5) OJ No L 55, 8.3.1971, p. 23. (6) OJ No L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85.

Article 2

Subject to Articles 4 and 5, Member States shall ensure that the following are prohibited: (a) the administering to a farm animal, by any meanswhatsoever, of substances having a thyrostaticaction or substances having an oestrogenic, androgenicor gestagenic action;

(b) the placing on the market or slaughtering of farmanimals to which the abovementioned substanceshave been administered;

(c) the placing on the market of meat of the farmanimals referred to in (b);

(d) processing of the meat referred to in (c) and theplacing on the market of meat products preparedfrom or with such meat.

Article 3

From the date laid down in Article 9 (a), Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters and thyrostatic substances for administering to animals of all species.

Article 4

• 1. 

  Notwithstanding Article 2, Member States may authorize the administering to farm animals of substances with...

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