Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending 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
Date: 2001-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: amendment of a law, animal experimentation, animal welfare, approximation of laws, protection of animals, scientific research

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Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending 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

(2002/C 25 E/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2001) 703 final (cid:151) 2001/0277(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 28 November 2001)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

with the consequence that their content is lagging behind
the latest developments in the field.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

(5) Since the measures necessary for the implementation of
this Directive are measures of general scope within the
meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC
of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the
exercise of
conferred on the
Commission (3), they should be adopted by use of the regu-
latory procedure provided for in Article 5 of that Decision.

implementing powers

(6) Therefore Directive 86/609/EEC should be

amended

accordingly,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Whereas:

concerning

(1) On 23 March 1998 the Council

adopted Decision
1999/575/EC (1)
the
Community of
the European Convention of 18 March
1986 for the protection of vertebrate animals used for
experimental and other
(hereinafter
referred to as (cid:145)the Convention(cid:146)).

scientific purposes

conclusion

the

by

Article 1

In Directive 86/609/EEC the following Articles 24a and 24b are
inserted:

(cid:145)Article 24a

(2) Council Directive 86/609/EEC (2) is the implementing tool
of the Convention incorporating the same objectives as the
Convention.

The amendments necessary for adapting the Annexes of this
Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 24b.

(3) Appendix A of the Convention is transformed into Annex
for
2 to Directive 86/609/EEC containing guidelines
accommodation and care. The provisions contained in
Appendix A to the Convention and the Annexes to the
said Directive are of a technical nature.

(4) It is necessary to ensure the consistency of the Annexes to
Directive 86/609/EEC with the
and
technical developments and results in the research within
the fields covered. Currently, changes to the Annexes can
only be adopted by the long lasting co-decision procedure

scientific

latest

Article 24b

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee
the Member States

1.
the representatives of
composed of
and chaired by the representative of the Commission.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the regu-
latory procedure laid down in Article 5 of Decision
1999/468/EC shall apply,
in compliance with Article 7
and Article 8 thereof.

(1) OJ L 222, 24.8.1999, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 358, 18.12.1986, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999. p. 23.

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The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision

3.
1999/468/EC shall be three months.(cid:146)

Member States shall determine how such reference is to be
made.

Article 2

Article 3

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by . . . at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the
Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a
their official publication.
reference on the occasion of

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.