S.L. 437.73 ст. 10Intra-Community trade of medicated feedingstuffs.

(1) The Veterinary Services shall ensure that, without prejudice to animal-health rules, there are no prohibitions, limitations or obstacles in respect of intra-Community trade:

(a) in medicated feedingstuffs which have been manufactured in accordance with the requirements of these regulations, and in particular rule 4, with authorized premixes which have the same active substances as pre-mixes authorized by the Member State of destination, in accordance with the criteria of European Union Directive 2001/82/EC, and a quantitative and qualitative composition similar OF MEDICATED FEEDINGSTUFFS

thereto,

(b) subject to the specific provisions of European Union Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC and Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of b-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC as referred to in Article 7(1) of Council Directive 96/22/EC, in animals to which those medicated feedingstuffs except those produced pursuant to rule 3(2), have been administered, or in meat, flesh, offal or their products from such animals.

(2) Where the application of sub-rule (1) gives rise to dispute, in particular as concerns recognition of the similar nature of the pre-mix, the Member States concerned or the Commission may submit the dispute to assessment by an expert appearing on a list of Community experts to be drawn up by the Commission on a proposal from the Member States. If the two Member States so agree beforehand, the parties shall abide by the opinion of the expert, in compliance with Community legislation.

(3) The Member State of destination may require that each consignment of a medicated feedingstuff be accompanied by a certificate issued by the competent authority, corresponding to the specimen form in Schedule II.