Article 1Subject matter

1

This Regulation sets out the methodological principles for the scientific risk assessment and risk management recommendations referred to in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 that shall be applied by the Agency when preparing opinions on the MRLs of pharmacologically active substances which may be permitted in food of animal origin under that Regulation.

2

The methodological principles for the scientific risk assessment are set out in Annex I.

3

The methodological principles for the risk management recommendations are set out in Annex II.