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# 91996E0978

**WRITTEN QUESTION No. 978/96 by Anita POLLACK to the Commission. Statistics on laboratory animal use** 
  
*Official Journal C 297 , 08/10/1996 P. 0058*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0978/96 by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission (26 April 1996)

Subject: Statistics on laboratory animal use

Would the Commission outline the action it has taken to ensure the promised improvement in the collection and presentation of statistics on the use of laboratory animals, and specify which Member States have agreed and which have not agreed to implement any new system which has been developed?

Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission (7 June 1996)

The Honourable Member is referred to the Commission's answer to written question No E-482/96 from Mr Crampton ((OJ C 185, 25.6.1996, p. 6 )) on action taken to improve the collection of statistics on the use of laboratory animals in general.

Furthermore, at a meeting of the national authorities in Ispra on 27 and 28 June relating to Directive 86/609/EEC ((OJ L 358, 18.12.1986. )), the Commission emphasised the need, pursuant to Directive 93/35/EEC ((OJ L 151, 23. 6.1993. )), for statistics on the cosmetic products sector.

A supplementary table specific to cosmetics has been prepared, in addition to the statistical tables, and attention has been drawn to the need for annual data and supplementary data on certain toxicity tests and the need to make a clear distinction between the tests carried out on cosmetic ingredients and those on finished cosmetic products.

In July 1995 the Commission wrote to the Member States requesting detailed statistics on the use of animals in the field of cosmetic products, in accordance with these additional requirements.

All Member States replied to this request, and the information they have provided, which will be contained in the Commission's 1995 annual report to Parliament on the development, validation and legal acceptance of alternative methods to animal experiments, is being sent directly to the Honourable Member and to the Secretariat-General of Parliament. However, there are still many gaps, and the Commission will again urge the Member States to improve data collection so that they are able to provide all the details requested.

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