(1)

All pharmacologically active substances which are used within the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for administration to food-producing animals should be evaluated in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.

(2)

The substance sodium salicylate has been included in Annex II for all food producing species except fish but only for topical use. The entry should be extended to cover oral use in bovine and porcine species, with the exception of animals producing milk for human consumption.

(3)

The provisional maximum residue limit for fenvalerate expires on 1 July 2004. It has proven expedient to allow for the completion of the scientific studies concerning that substance, and the validity of the provisional maximum residue limits should therefore be extended to 1 July 2006.

(4)

Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 should be amended accordingly.

(5)

An adequate period should be allowed before the applicability of this Regulation in order to enable Member States to make any adjustment, which may be necessary in the light of this Regulation, to the authorisations to place the veterinary medicinal products concerned on the market, which have been granted in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (2), to take account of the provisions of this Regulation.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,