Prescription of antimicrobial and antiparasitic veterinary medicinal products
Article 6
1. The veterinarian shall not prescribe more than one antibiotic veterinary medicinal product to be administered orally in the same course of treatment. 2. The veterinarian shall only prescribe veterinary medicinal products containing antimicrobial or antiparasitic active substances administered by means of mixing into solid feed or administered on the surface of solid feed immediately prior to feeding, for the treatment of individually fed animals or a small group of animals where the intake of the veterinary medicinal product by individual animals can be effectively controlled. 3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, where medicated feed produced in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/4 is not available or where a veterinarian considers animal treatment is necessary to commence before the delivery of the medicated feed, the veterinarian may prescribe group treatments with antimicrobial or antiparasitic veterinary medicinal products to be mixed into solid feed for food producing aquatic species. 4. By way of further derogation from paragraph 2, a Member State may restrict on its territory the prescription and oral administration of veterinary medicinal products containing antimicrobial or antiparasitic active substances administered by means of mixing into solid feed or administered on the surface of solid feed immediately prior to feeding, to individually fed animals only. Such restriction shall be duly justified on grounds of sufficient availability of veterinary medicinal products, access to medicated feed produced in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/4 and/or local husbandry and farming practices. 5. The Member State shall inform the Commission of any measure it has adopted on the basis of paragraph 4.