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# 91997E1419

**WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1419/97 by Anita POLLACK to the Commission. Animal experimentation** 
  
*Official Journal C 373 , 09/12/1997 P. 0124*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1419/97 by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission (23 April 1997)

Subject: Animal experimentation

Does the Commission plan to bring forward any amendment to Directive 86/609 ((OJ L 358, 18.12.1986, p. 1. )) so that it specifies the level of data information to be supplied, since the Commission appears to suggest (in answer to Question H-0135/97 ((Debates of the European Parliament (March 1997). )) that this is an omission in the directive which hampers its ability to publish an accurate report on the number of laboratory animals used in experiments and has to rely on a 'gentleman's agreement'?

Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (22 May 1997)

An agreement has been concluded concerning the level of detail and the format of the statistical tables to be utilised for reporting statistics on the use of laboratory animals. This consensus was reached during the last meeting of the competent authorities for Directive 86/609/EEC concerning the protection of laboratory animals ((OJ L 358, 18.12.1986. )) on 16 April 1997.

Hence the Commission does not currently have any plans to amend Directive 86/609/EEC to further specify the requirements for the collection of statistical data.

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