Subject matter and scope
Article 1
Open ↗1. For the purposes of ensuring food safety, this Regulation lays down rules and procedures in order to establish: (a) the maximum concentration of a residue of a pharmacologically active substance which may be permitted in food of animal origin (maximum residue limit); (b) the level of a residue of a pharmacologically active substance established for control reasons in the case of certain substances for which a maximum residue limit has not been laid down in accordance with this Regulation (reference point for action). 2. This Regulation shall not apply: (a) to active principles of biological origin intended to produce active or passive immunity or to diagnose a state of immunity, used in immunological veterinary medicinal products; (b) to substances falling within the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 315/93. 3. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to Community legislation prohibiting the use in food-producing animals of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonists, as provided for by Directive 96/22/EC.