Stockfarming: prohibition of certain substances with hormonal or thyrostatic action, of beta-agonists

The Commission supports the common position adopted by the Council as the best compromise that could be reached and has made a relevant declaration during the Council of Agriculture of 16 December 2002. The Council and the Commission emphasise that the aim pursued in Article 11a is to ban in five years' time the use of oestradiol 17 beta and its ester-like derivatives for treating farm animals and replace it with equally effective substances.�