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Presidential Decree No. 259 prohibiting the use in stock farming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of ß-agonists and establishing measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products.

Country/Territory
Greece
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 191, Part I, 12 August 1998, pp. 2901-2916.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety MRL-maximum residue limit Meat Hormones/steroids Animal production Drugs Animal health
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
The Decree shall enter into force as from 1 July 1997, except of the provisions of articles 38 and 39 (sanctions) which shall enter into force on the day of publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

Aim of this Decree is to prohibit the use of certain substances (Part A of the Decree) and to adopt measures to monitor and control certain substances and their residues in live animals and animal products (Part B of Decree), in accordance with Council Directive 96/22/EC as amended and in force and with Council Directive 96/23/EC. Possession, use and distribution of the substances referred in Group A of Annex I to this Decree shall be prohibited. It shall also be prohibited the use of products: acting as a deposit; with a withdrawal period of more than 15 days after the end of treatment; whose conditions of use are not known. Therefore, the placing on the market or slaughter for human consumption of farm animals or of aquaculture animals which contain the substances referred to in the Decree, shall be prohibited. The Decree also lays down measures for the monitoring of substances and groups of residues listed in Annex I, Group B. With the present Decree, certain provisions of Presidential Decrees No. 115/1990 and 497/1989 are amended.

Full text
Greek
Website
www.et.gr

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC.

Legislation | European Union | 1996

Keyword: Hormones/steroids, Animal production, Residues, Monitoring, Inspection, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Drugs, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 96/22/EC concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of ß-agonists.

Legislation | European Union | 1996

Keyword: Aquaculture, Drugs, Fish disease, Animal health, Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Hormones/steroids

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

Presidential Decree No. 497 amending Presidential Decree No. 678/1982 and completing Presidential Decree No. 599/1985.

Legislation | Greece | 1989

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Meat, Hormones/steroids, Pesticides, Drugs, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Presidential Decree No. 115 amending and completing Presidential Decrees Nos. 678/1982 and 599/1985, in compliance with Commission Directives 88/299/EEC and 89/321/ΕEC.

Legislation | Greece | 1990

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Hormones/steroids, Animal health, Drugs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Presidential Decree No. 233 amending Presidential Decree No. 259/1998, in compliance with Directive 2003/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Legislation | Greece | 2005

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Meat, Hormones/steroids, Animal production, Drugs, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Presidential Decree No. 162 amending Presidential Decree No. 259/1998, in compliance with Directive 2008/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Legislation | Greece | 2009

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Meat, Hormones/steroids, Animal production, Drugs, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX