Commission Regulation (EC) No 542/2008 of 16 June 2008 amending Annexes I and II to 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, as regards cyfluthrin and lectin extracted from red kidney beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris) (Text with EEA relevance)

• Published date: 17 June 2008
• Subject Matter: Veterinary legislation
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 157, 17 June 2008

17.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 157/43

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 542/2008

of 16 June 2008

amending Annexes I and II to 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, as regards cyfluthrin and lectin extracted from red kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (1), and in particular Articles 2 and 3 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Medicines Agency formulated by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use,

Whereas:

(1) All pharmacologically active substances used in the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for food-producing animals should be evaluated in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.

(2) The substance cyfluthrin is currently included in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 for bovine species for muscle, fat, liver and kidney and for bovine species for milk provided that, for milk, the further provisions in Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 1994 amending the Annexes to Directives 86/362/EEC and 86/363/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals and foodstuffs of animal origin respectively (2) are observed. Following a request to extend the existing entry for cyfluthrin for bovine species in Annex I to all ruminants, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (hereinafter CVMP), having reviewed the maximum residue limits (hereinafter MRLs) already established for the substance cyfluthrin, concluded that the existing MRLs for bovine species could not be extrapolated to all ruminants, as residue data from ovine species was not available. The CVMP concluded that the extrapolation was possible for caprine species only. As a consequence, it is considered appropriate to extend the current entry in Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 for cyfluthrin to include caprine species, with the same MRLs values as for bovine species, for muscle, fat, liver, kidney and milk,

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