translate English to French: In accordance with Art. 23 of Council Directive 86/609/EEC and Art. 7.2 (a) and (b) of the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme, the EU should develop and validate alternatives to animal testing.
In addition, the European Commission and Council have repeatedly stated their commitment to reduce and replace the use of non-human primates in research, such as in the Preamble to Council Decision 1999/575/EC on the European Convention for the protection of animals used in research.