Cabinet Regulation No. 52 of 2013 on Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes Country/Territory Latvia Document type Regulation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Ranching/captive breeding Registration Authorization/permit Animal welfare Data collection/reporting Animal reproduction Research Procedural matters Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract The Regulation prescribes the procedures for the registration of a breeder, supplier and user of experimental animals and for the cancellation thereof; the requirements for breeders, suppliers and users of experimental animals; the procedures for the issuing or cancelling an experimental project authorisation to a person responsible for an experimental project; the procedures by which an experimental project authorisation must be issued, amended, renewed and cancelled; the welfare requirements for the acquisition, marking, breeding, keeping, care, supply and use of an experimental animal; the list of such animals which are bred in order to use them in procedures; the procedures for the assessment of an experimental project; the requirements for premises, facilities, inventory, equipment of a breeder, supplier and user of experimental animals; the requirements for staff members of a breeder, supplier and user of experimental animals; the requirements for the animal-welfare body and the tasks of the body; the methods of killing experimental animals; the procedures by which documents must be submitted in order to receive an experimental project authorisation for the use of an animal in a procedure; the requirements for the classification of severity of procedures; the requirements for reusing of experimental animals in a procedure; the procedures for the registering and collecting information and reporting, as well as storing documents; and the procedures by which animals taken from the wild, non-human primates and endangered animal species must be used in procedures. Full text English Website www.likumi.lv References - Legislation Implements Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. Legislation | European Union | 2010 Keyword: Animal welfare, Authorization/permit, Endangered species, Protection of species Source: FAO, FAOLEX Animal Protection Law (1999) Legislation | Latvia | 1999 (2017) Keyword: Animal health, Animal welfare, Transport/storage, Slaughtering, Basic legislation, Classification/declassification, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Standards, Ranching/captive breeding, Hunting/capture, Game, Hunting rights, Keeping of live animals, Management/conservation, Protection of species, Wild fauna, Trade in species Source: FAO, FAOLEX