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Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the… Article 7

Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the… Article 7

Article 7

1. For the purpose of trade, Member States may authorize the placing on the market of animals for breeding and breeding animals at the end of their reproductive life which, during the latter period, have undergone a treatment referred to in Articles 4 and 5 and may authorize the affixing of the Community stamp to meat from such animals where the conditions laid down in Articles 4 and 5 and the minimum withdrawal periods laid down in Article 6 (2), under (a) (ii) or (b) respectively or the withdrawal periods provided for in the authorization to place on the market are complied with. However, trade in high-value horses, and in particular racehorses, competition horses, circus horses or horses intended for stud purposes or for exhibitions, including registered equidae to which veterinary medicinal products containing allyl trenbolone or beta-agonists have been administered for the purposes referred to in Article 4, may take place before the end of the withdrawal period, provided that the conditions governing administration are fulfilled and that the type and date of treatment are entered on the certificate or passport accompanying these animals. 2. Meat or products from animals to which substances having an oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action or beta-agonists have been administered in accordance with the dispensatory provisions of this Directive may not be placed on the market for human consumption unless the animals in question have been treated with veterinary medicinal products complying with the requirements of Article 6 and in so far as the withdrawal period laid down was observed before the animals were slaughtered.

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