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Council Directive 86/609/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes.

Country/Territory
European Union
Document type
Legislation
Date
1986
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Journal L 358, 18 December 1986, pp. 1-28
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal welfare Research
Geographical area
European Union Countries
Abstract

The aim pursued by this Directive is to ensure that where animals are used for experimental or other scientific purposes the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative provisions in the Member States for their protection are approximated so as to avoid affecting the establishment and functioning of the common market, in particular by distorsions of competition or barriers to trade. For the purposes of this Directive, “animal” means, unless otherwise qualified, any live non-human vertebrate, including free-living larval and reproducing larval forms, but excluding foetal or embryonic forms (art. 2). Article 3 defines the types of use of animals in experiments to which these provisions shall apply. An experiment shall not be performed if another scientifically satisfactory method for obtaining the result sought, not entailing the use of an animal, is reasonably and practicably available. Each Member State shall ensure that experiments using animals considered as endangered under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora and Annex C.I of Regulation (EEC) No. 3626/82 are prohibited unless they are in conformity with the above-mentioned Regulation and the objects of the experiment are research aimed at preservation of the species in question, or essential biomedical purposes where the species in question exceptionally proves to be the only one suitable for those purposes. Article 5 defines the conditions for keeping animals for experimental purposes as regards particularly food, housing, water and care. Each Member State shall designate the authority or authorities responsible for verifying that the provisions of this Directive are properly carried out. This Directive does not prejudice nor restrict the right of the Member States to apply or adopt stricter measures for the protection of animals used in experiments or for the control and restriction of the use of animals for experiments. In particular, Member States may require a prior authorization for experiments or programmes of work notified in accordance with the provisions of article 12 (1). Further provisions regard personnel qualifications, protection measures against cruelty and sufferings.

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References - Legislation

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European Communities (Amendment of Cruelty to Animals Act 1876) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 566 of 2002).

Legislation | Ireland | 2002

Keyword: Animal production, Animal welfare, Research, Authorization/permit, Endangered species, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

European Communities (Amendment of Cruelty to Animals Act 1876) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 17 of 1994).

Legislation | Ireland | 1994

Keyword: Animal production, Animal welfare, Research, Authorization/permit, Endangered species, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending the Act on protection of animals from the cruelty.

Legislation | Czechia | 2008

Keyword: Animal welfare, Research

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

European Communities (Amendment of Cruelty to Animals Act 1876) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 613 of 2005).

Legislation | Ireland | 2005

Keyword: Animal production, Animal welfare, Research, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act concerning Experiments on Animals (Animal Experiments Act).

Legislation | Netherlands | 1977 (2010)

Keyword: Animal welfare

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Legislative Decree No. 116 on the protection of animals to be utilized for experimental or other scientific purposes.

Legislation | Italy | 1992

Keyword: Animal welfare, Research, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree-Law No. 197/96 amending Decree-Law No. 129/92 and conferring competencies to the Ministry of Science and Technology in the field of animal protection for experimental and scientific purposes.

Legislation | Portugal | 1996

Keyword: Animal welfare, Research

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree-Law No. 129/92 approving EEC Directive No. 89/609 (establishing protective measures on animal with scientific purposes).

Legislation | Portugal | 1992

Keyword: Animal welfare, Research

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1005/92 approving protecting measures on animal use with scientific and experimental purposes.

Legislation | Portugal | 1992

Keyword: Animal welfare, Hygiene/sanitary procedures

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Arrêté royal modifiant l'arrêté royal du 12 mars 1985 concernant les normes et protocoles applicables en matière d'essais de médicaments vétérinaires.

Legislation | Belgium | 1992 (1994)

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Drugs, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Animal Experimentation Regulations, 2003 (L.N. 263 of 2003).

Legislation | Malta | 2003

Keyword: Animal welfare, Research, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Animal Protection Act (2000).

Legislation | Estonia | 2000 (2022)

Keyword: Animal welfare, Basic legislation, Transport/storage, Internal trade, Liability/compensation, Aquaculture, Mariculture, Slaughtering, Animal health, Keeping of live animals, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Wild fauna

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

Animal Welfare Act (1988:534).

Legislation | Sweden | 1988 (2007)

Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal health, Research, Basic legislation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Arrêté royal relatif à la protection des animaux d'expérience.

Legislation | Belgium | 1993 (2004)

Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal production, Research, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Règlement grand-ducal relatif à la protection des animaux utilisés à des fins expérimentales ou à d'autres fins scientifiques.

Legislation | Luxembourg | 1999

Keyword: Animal welfare, Research

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Animal Experiments Ordinance.

Legislation | Austria | 2000

Keyword: Animal welfare, Research

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the conditions for keeping of experimental animals, special conditions for the facilities and types of experiments.

Legislation | Croatia | 2004

Keyword: Animal welfare, Research

Source: FAO, FAOLEX