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EudraLex - Volume 8 - Maximum residue limits guidelines (MRLs)

A dedicated guideline on maximum residue limits is no longer included in the notice to applicants.

Information on maximum residue limits relating to former “Notice to applicants and Guideline - Volume 8 - Veterinary medicinal products - Establishment of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin” can be found in:

  • 29 May 2018 - Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/782: establishing the methodological principles for the risk assessment and risk management recommendations referred to in Regulation (EC) No 470/2009
  • 23 May 2017 - Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/880: laying down rules on the use of a maximum residue limit established for a pharmacologically active substance in a particular foodstuff for another foodstuff derived from the same species and a maximum residue limit established for a pharmacologically active substance in one or more species for other species, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 470/2009
  • 6 January 2017 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/12: regarding the form and content of the applications and requests for the establishment of maximum residue limits in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 470/2009