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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
onCommunity participation intheEuropean Convention forthe
Protection ofVertebrate Animals used forExperimental andother
Scientific Purposes
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM TOTHECOUNCIL 5®
Subject:Communityparticipation intheEuropeanConventionfortheProtection
ofVertebrate AnimalsusedforExperimental andotherScientific
Purposes
A,ThedraftEuropeanConvention fortheProtection ofVertebrate Animalsused
forExperimental andotherScientific Purposeswhichisundernegotiation at
theCouncilofEuropeis,theCommission wouldstress,ofimportanceforthe
protectionofanimals,itmayhaveconsequences ofgivingriseto
administrative excessesforconditions ofresearchandriskofdistortion of
competition,butitalsohasimplications forotheractivities governedby
Communityrules.Referenceismadetherein,forinstance,totheuseof
animalsforexperimental purposes :
-intheveterinaryfield(cf«,forinstance,AnnexBtoCouncilDirective
64/432/EECof26June1964andthesecondindentofArticle14(a)of
CouncilDirective 80/217/EECof22January1980);
-inthefieldofanimalnutrition (cf«,forinstance,CouncilDirective
70/524/EECof23November1970);
-inthefieldofpesticides andpesticideresidues (cf«,forinstance,
CouncilDirective 76/895/EECof23November 1976andCouncilDirective
79/117/EECof21December1978);
-inthefieldofchemicals (cf«,forinstance,CouncilDirective 79/831/EEC
of18September 1979);
-inthefieldofhumanandveterinary medicine (cf«,forinstance,
CouncilDirective 75/318/EECof20May1975andCouncilDirective 81/852/EEC
of28September 1981);
-inthefieldoffoodadditives (cf«,forinstance,Commission Recommendation
80/1089/EECof11November1980);
-inthefieldoffoodcontaminants (cf„,forinstance,CouncilDirective
76/893/EECof23November1976);

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-inthecosmeticsfield(cf«,forinstance,CouncilDirective 76/768/EEC
of27July1976);
-inthetoxicologyfield(cf«,forinstance,CouncilDirective 67/548/EEC
of27June1967).
B«Thenegotiation andpossiblesignature andconclusion ofthisConvention
thereforenecessitates ajointactionoftheCommunity anditsMemberStates,
Atthisstageitisinparticular necessarytoassurethepossibility forthe
EuropeanCommunitytobecomeaContracting PartytotheConvention,andto
seetoitthatprovisions whichaffectmatterssubjecttoCommunity competence
areacceptable totheCommunity.Thefirstpointnecessitates aneditorial
amendmentofArticles30,33,34and36aswellasthefinalclauseofthe
draftConvention .
TheCommission hasnoobservations ontheotherpointatthisstageexceptfor
theneedtoclarifycertainquestionswhichmaybeexaminedduringon-the-spot
coordination betweentherepresentatives oftheMemberStatesandthe
Commission.
Inconsequence theCommission proposes :
-thattherepresentatives oftheMemberStates,withintheframeworkoftheir
commonactionattheCouncilofEuropeconcerning theelaboration ofthe
EuropeanConvention ontheProtection ofVertebrate Animalsusedfor
Experimental PurposesorotherScientific Purposes,shallsupportthe
proposaltoprovideforthepossibility fortheEuropeanCommunityto
becomeaContracting PartytotheConvention byamendingthedraftConvention,
-thattheMemberStatesandtheCommission coordinate theiractiononthis
subjecton-the-spotandinparticular duringthemeetingoftheAdhoc
CommitteeofExpertsfortheProtection ofAnimals(CAHPA)ofthe23-24
November 1982.