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Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the… Article 3

Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the… Article 3

Article 3

Member States shall prohibit: (a) the administering to a farm or aquaculture animal, by any means whatsoever, of substances having a thyrostatic, oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action and of beta-agonists; (b) the holding, except under official control, of animals referred to in (a) on a farm, the placing on the market or slaughter for human consumption of farm animals or of aquaculture animals which contain the substances referred to in (a) or in which the presence of such substances has been established, unless proof can be given that the animals in question have been treated in accordance with Articles 4 or 5; (c) the placing on the market for human consumption of aquaculture animals to which substances referred to in (a) have been administered and of processed products derived from such animals; (d) the placing on the market of meat of the animals referred to in (b); (e) the processing of the meat referred to in (d).

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