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Council Directive 96/22/ECShow full title

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 beta-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.(1) For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions of...

  3. Article 2.Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of...

  4. Article 3.Member States shall prohibit, for substances listed in Annex II,...

  5. Article 4.Notwithstanding Articles 2 and 3, Member States may authorize: the...

  6. Article 5.Notwithstanding Article 3(a) and without prejudice to Article 2, Member...

  7. Article 5a.. . . . . . . . . ....

  8. Article 6.(1) Hormonal products and beta-agonists the administration of which to...

  9. Article 7.(1) For the purpose of trade, Member States may authorise...

  10. Article 8.Member States shall ensure that: at the time of the...

  11. Article 9.Without prejudice to Directive 81/851/EEC, undertakings buying or producing substances...

  12. Article 10.Where the results of checks carried out in a Member...

  13. Article 11.(1) Third countries whose legislation authorises the placing on the...

  14. Article 11a.With regard to the substances listed in Annex III, the...

  15. Article 11b.The Commission, in collaboration with the Member States, shall set...

  16. Article 12.The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal...

  17. Article 13.(1) Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC are hereby repealed as...

  18. Article 14.(1) Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations...

  19. Article 14a.Notwithstanding Articles 3 and 5a, and without prejudice to Article...

  20. Article 15.This Directive shall enter into force on the day of...

  21. Article 16.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

    1. ANNEX I

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    2. ANNEX II

      1. List of prohibited substances:

      2. List A: prohibited substances Thyrostatic substances, Stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their...

    3. ANNEX III

      1. List of provisionally prohibited substances:

      2. substances having oestrogenic (other than oestradiol 17β and its ester-like...

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