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Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive on the protection of animals used for 
experimental and other scientific purposes (') 
COM(86) 643 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty on 28 November 1986) 
(86/C 323/05) 
0) OJ No C 351, 31. 12. 1985, p. 16. 
INITIAL PROPOSAL NEW TEXT TAKING ACCOUNT OF AMENDMENTS 
BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 
Article 4 
Member States shall ensure that, as far as the general 
care and accommodation of animals is concerned 
— all experimental animals shall be adequately housed, 
fed and cared for; Article 4 
Member States shall ensure that, as far as the general 
care and accommodation of animals is concerned 
— all experimental animals shall be provided with 
housing, an environment, at least some freedom of 
movement, food, water and care appropriate to its 
health and well-being; 
The following Articles are inserted : 
Article 8a 
1. All experiments shall be carried out under general 
or local anaesthesia. 
2. Paragraph 1 above shall not apply when: 
(a) anaesthesia is judged to be more traumatic to the 
animal than the experiment itself; 
(b) anaesthesia is incompatible with the object of the 
experiment. In such cases appropriate legislative 
and/or administrative measures shall be taken to 
ensure that no such experiment is carried out 
unnecessarily. 
Anaesthesia should be used in the case of serious injuries 
which may cause severe pain. 
3. If anaesthesia is not possible, analgesics or other 
appropriate methods should be used in order to ensure as 
far as possible that pain, suffering, distress or harm are 
limited and that in any event the animal is not subject to 
severe pain, distress or suffering. 
4. Provided such action is compatible with the object 
of the experiment, an anaesthetized animal, which 
suffers considerable pain once anaesthesia has worn off, 
shall be treated in good time with pain-relieving means 
or, if this is not possible, shall be immediately and 
humanely killed. 
Article 17a 
1. The Commission and Member States should 
encourage research into the development and validation 
of alternative techniques which could provide the same 
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level of information as that obtained in experiments 
using animals but which involve fewer animals or which 
entail less painful procedures, and shall take such other 
steps as they consider appropriate to encourage research 
in this field. The Commission and Member States shall 
monitor trends in experimental methods. 
2. The Commission shall report before the end of 
1987 on the possibility of modifying tests and guidelines 
laid down in existing Community legislation, taking into 
account the objectives referred to in paragraph 1. 
Annexes III, IV and V are deleted 
Proposal for a Council Decision on financial participation by the Community in operations of 
monitoring and supervision of fishing activities in the waters falling under the sovereignty or 
within the jurisdiction of Portugal 
COM(86) 673 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 1 December 1986) 
(86/C 323/06) 
(Only the Portuguese text is authentic) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
ment, 
Whereas prior to the accession of Portugal, the 
Community declared that Community support for 
monitoring and supervising waters falling under the 
sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of Portugal might 
be envisaged (*); 
Whereas the facilities available to Portugal for 
monitoring and supervising the waters falling under 
Portuguese sovereignty or within Portuguese 
jurisdiction, with a view to the proper enforcement of 
the relevant provisions governing the common fisheries 
policy, require modernization and improvement in order 
to make them more effective; 
Whereas it is appropriate that the Community participate 
in financing expenditure incurred by Portugal for such 
modernization and improvement; Whereas 50 % of the expenditure incurred should be 
financed by the Community subject to a fixed maximum; 
Whereas it is necessary to ensure that facilities as 
modernized and improved are put to effective use and 
that expenditure is properly made, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
1. The Community shall participate under the 
conditions laid down in the Annex in financing 
expenditure incurred by Portugal in modernizing and 
improving its facilities for monitoring and supervising 
fishing activities in waters falling under Portuguese 
sovereignty or within Portuguese jurisdiction with a view 
to proper enforcement of the relevant provisions of the 
common fisheries policy. 
2. The Community shall reimburse 50 % of eligible 
expenditure by Portugal incurred from 1 July 1987 to 30 
June 1989, subject to a maximum Community contri­
bution of ECU 8 million. 
3. Subject to paragraph 2, the Community may grant 
advances to a maximum of 25 % of eligible expenditure. 
Article 2 
(') OJ No L 302, 15. 12. 1985, p. 493. This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.