Article 4
Notwithstanding Articles 2 and 3, Member States may authorize: 1. the administering to farm animals, for therapeutic purposes, of oestradiol 17 â, testosterone and progesterone and derivatives which readily yield the parent compound on hydrolysis after absorption at the site of application. Veterinary medicinal products used for therapeutic treatment must comply with the requirements for placing on the market laid down in Directive 81/851/EEC and be administered only by a veterinarian, by injection or for the treatment of ovarian dysfunction in the form of vaginal spirals, but not by implant, to farm animals which have been clearly identified. Treatment of identified animals must be registered by the veterinarian responsible. The latter must record at least the following details in a register, which may be the one provided for in Directive 81/851/EEC: - type of treatment, - the type of products authorized, - the date of treatment, - the identity of the animals treated. The register must be made available to the competent authority at its request; 2. the administering for therapeutic purposes of authorized veterinary medicinal products containing: (i) allyl trenbolone, administered orally, or beta-agonists to equidae and pets, provided they are used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; (ii) beta-agonists, in the form of an injection to induce tocolysis in cows when calving. Such substances must be administered by a veterinarian or, in the case of the veterinary medicinal products referred to in (i), under his direct responsibility; treatment must be registered by the veterinarian responsible, who shall record at least the details referred to in point 1. Farmers shall be prohibited from holding veterinary medicinal products containing beta-agonists which may be used for induction purposes in the treatment of tocolysis. However, without prejudice to the first subparagraph of point 2 (ii), therapeutic treatment of production animals, including breeding animals at the end of their reproductive life, shall be prohibited.