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# 91998E3071(01)

**WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3071/98 by Michael ELLIOTT Primates (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)** 
  
*Official Journal C 370 , 21/12/1999 P. 0007*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3071/98

by Michael Elliott (PSE) to the Commission

(9 October 1998)

Subject: Primates

What statistics/information does the European Commission keep on the numbers of primates used in EU-funded research projects, the purpose of their use and the amount of EU funding involved; and what are the Commission's detailed plans for monitoring and recording EU-funded research in this sensitive area in the future?

If such statistics and information have been kept:

- what is the amount of EU funding awarded to research into BS/TSE using primates for each of the years, 1996, 1997, 1998 (to date) and how many primates does this represent for each of these years?

- what is the amount of EU funding awarded to research into AIDS using primates for each of the years, 1996, 1997, 1998 (to date) and how many primates does this represent for each of these years?

Joint answer

to Written Questions E-3069/98 and E-3071/98 given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission

(16 November 1998)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as soon as possible.

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