Traduction de «Continuous action hormone implant » (Anglais → Français) :

The essential contents of this Directive included - an immediate ban on stilbenes and thyrostatic substances - a general ban on substances with oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action (sometimes called sexual hormones), with the exception of certain specified uses, for example, for therapeutic purposes (this was allowed subject to restrictive conditions and controls); - allowing national rules to continue to apply in the case of five specific substances used at the t ...[+++]ime for fattening animals, namely Oestradiol 17 B, Progesterone, Testosterone, Trenbolone and Zeranol; the first three substances named are commonly known as "'natural" hormones (because their chemical structure is the same as that of hormones found naturally in animals); Trenbolone and Zeranol are known as "synthetic" hormones (they are not naturally present in the body).

Their visit has a dual purpose: - to meet leading members of the US Congress in order to make known the Community's position regarding the trade legislation currently being discussed by Congress, since the Community continues to be concerned about certain aspects of the bills in question, in particular the "Gephardt" amendment, which aims to penalize countries running a trade surplus with the United States, the provisions on telecommunications, which introduce the notion of strict sectoral reciprocity, the strengthening of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy legislation and legislation on unfair trading practices (Section 301 of the Trade Act) ...[+++] and on limits to be placed on the Executive's scope for action in the conduct of trade policy; - review the state of US-Community relations with members of the United States Government and to discuss a number of outstanding bilateral trade problems (pasta products, hormones, superfund, etc.) and also recent developments in the Uruguay Round.

The essential contents of this Directive included - an immediate ban on stilbenes and thyrostatic substances (those considered to be at the origin of the problems in Italy). - a general ban on substances with oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action (sometimes called sexual hormones), with the exception of certain specified uses, for example, for therapeutic purposes (this was allowed subject to restrictive conditions and controls); - allowing national rules to continue to apply in the cas ...[+++]e of five specific substances used at the time for fattening animals, namely Oestradiol 17 B, Progesterone, Testosterone, Trenbolone and Zeranol; the first three substances named are commonly known as "natural" hormones (because their chemical structure is the same as that of hormones found naturally in animals); Trenbolone and Zeranol are known as "synthetic" hormones (they are not naturally present in the body).

The continuing threat of such action over bananas is added to the EU's long-standing complaint about US unilateral retaliation against EU restrictions on hormones in agricultural produce.