CELEX: 51994PC0366
Language: nl
Date: 1994-09-09
Title: Gewijzigd voorstel voor een BESCHIKKING VAN DE RAAD TOT SLUITING NAMENS DE GEMEENSCHAP VAN DE EUROPESE OVEREENKOMST VOOR DE BESCHERMING VAN GEWERVELDE DIEREN DIE VOOR EXPERIMENTEN EN ANDERE WETENSCHAPPELIJKE DOELEINDEN WORDEN GEBRUIKT

COMMISSIE VAN DE EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN
                                                                C0M(94) 366 def. - CNS 198
                                                                Brussel, 09.09.1994
                                           Gewijzigd voorstel voor een
                                             BESCHIKKING VAN DE RAAD
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                                    TOT SLUITING NAMENS DE GEMEENSCHAP
                          VAN DE EUROPESE OVEREENKOMST VOOR DE BESCHERMING VAN
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                                 GEWERVELDE DIEREN DIE VOOR EXPERIMENTEN
                         EN ANDERE WETENSCHAPPELÜKE DOELEINDEN WORDEN GEBRUIKT
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 ---pagebreak---                                 TOELICHTING
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1.   Met het oog op een betere bescherming in Europa van de
gewervelde     dieren      die    voor    experimentele    en    andere
wetenschappelijke doeleinden worden gebruikt in een toenemend
aantal sectoren (chemie, voeding, cosmetica, toxicologie),
heeft het Comité van Ministers van de Raad van Europa op 31 mei
1985 een Europese Overeenkomst voor de bescherming van
gewervelde     dieren      die    voor    experimentele    en    andere
wetenschappelijke       doeleinden    worden   gebruikt    (hierna   de
Overeenkomst genoemd) aangenomen.
In deze Overeenkomst wordt een omschrijving gegeven van de
wetenschappelijke       doeleinden    waarvoor   en   de   voorwaarden
waaronder    proeven      met   gewervelde    dieren   kunnen    worden
toegestaan; beoogd wordt het aantal dieren dat wordt gebruikt
te verminderen, het lijden van de proefdieren tot een minimum
te beperken 'en te zorgen voor het nodige toezicht door de
nationale instanties op de fokinstellingen, de toeleveranciers
en de gebruikers van proefdieren.
Het uiteindelijke doel van de Overeenkomst bestaat erin op
lange termijn dierproeven zoveel mogelijk te vervangen door
alternatieve methodes.
2.   De Overeenkomst, die sinds 18 maart 1986 openstaat voor
ondertekening door de Lid-Staten van de Raad van Europa en de
Europese Gemeenschappen en op 1 januari 1991 in werking is
getreden, is op 10 februari 1987 door de Gemeenschap
ondertekend, overeenkomstig de beschikking van de Raad van 24
november 19 8 6 1 .
Voorts heeft de Commissie op 14 juli 1989 bij de Raad een
voorstel voor een beschikking tot sluiting van de Overeenkomst
ingediend, met artikel 100 A van het Verdrag tot oprichting van
de Europese Economische Gemeenschap als juridische grondslag
(COM(89)302 def./SYN 198) 2 .
3.   Op communautair niveau heeft de Raad op 24 november 1986
zijn goedkeuring gehecht aan Richtlijn 86/609/EEG betreffende
de bescherming van dieren die voor experimentele en andere
wetenschappelijke doeleinden worden gebruikt3; in deze richtlijn
zijn de beginselen, doelstellingen en voornaamste bepalingen
van de Overeenkomst overgenomen.
Met deze richtlijn wilde de Raad tevens de wettelijke en
bestuursrechtelijke       maatregelen van de Lid-Staten          inzake
gewervelde dieren die voor experimentele doeleinden worden
gebruikt, nader tot elkaar brengen om de goede werking van de
interne markt te bevorderen en concurrentievervalsing tussen de
Lid-Staten te voorkomen.
1    Niet         bekendgemaakt        in      het      Publikatieblad
2    PB     nr.        C     200     van     5.8.1989,      blz.     8.
3    PB     nr.       L     358     van     18.12.1986,     blz.     1.
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4.   Aangezien het toepassingsgebied van de Overeenkomst deels
onder de bevoegdheid van de Gemeenschap, deels onder de
bevoegdheid van de Lid-Staten valt, heeft de Raad met
betrekking tot de bevoegdheden van de Lid-Staten op 24 november
1986 een resolutie aangenomen waarin de Lid-Staten die de
Overeenkomst nog niet hadden ondertekend werden verzocht dit zo
spoedig mogelijk te doen 4 .
De Overeenkomst is tot dusver door negen Lid-Staten ondertekend
en door drie Lid-Staten bekrachtigd. De Gemeenschap en de
Lid-Staten die de Overeenkomst nog niet hebben bekrachtigd of
daartoe zijn toegetreden dienen dit bijgevolg alsnog te doen
voor wat betreft hun respectieve bevoegdheden. De akten van
goedkeuring van de Gemeenschap en de Lid-Staten moeten zoveel
mogelijk gelijktijdig worden nedergelegd.
5.   Het geval wil dat Richtlijn 86/609/EEG niet voorziet in
de verplichte jaarlijkse indiening van statistische gegevens
die is voorgeschreven in de Overeenkomst (artikel 4) en dat de
Overeenkomst toestaat dat ten aanzien van deze verplichting een
voorbehoud wordt gemaakt (artikel 34).
Om te voldoen aan de in de Overeenkomst opgenomen verplichting
jaarlijks gegevens te verstrekken zou Richtlijn 86/609/EEG
moeten worden gewijzigd. Gezien de problemen die de jaarlijkse
mededeling van    statistische   gegevens meebrengt    voor de
Lid-Staten en de Gemeenschap, lijkt het evenwel noodzakelijk
dat de Gemeenschap ter zake een voorbehoud maakt.
6.   Ingevolge de inwerkingtreding van het Verdrag betreffende
de Europese Unie is de juridische grondslag van het voorstel
gewijzigd: deze is nu artikel 228, lid 2 en lid 3, tweede
alinea, juncto artikel 100 A van het Verdrag tot oprichting van
de Europese Gemeenschap; het gebruik van deze juridische
grondslag houdt in dat een gunstig advies van het Europees
Parlement vereist is. Een gunstig advies van het Parlement werd
inderdaad nodig geacht omdat de toetreding van de Gemeenschap
tot de Overeenkomst het noodzakelijk maakte de Richtlijn te
wijzigen ten einde daarin de verplichting op te nemen jaarlijks
statistische gegevens in te dienen. Nu het bovenbedoelde
voorbehoud wordt gemaakt en een wijziging van Richtlijn
86/609/EEG dus niet langer vereist is, wordt in het gewijzigde
voorstel voor een beschikking voorgesteld als juridische
grondslag artikel 228, lid 2 en lid 3, eerste alinea, juncto
artikel 100 A te nemen.
     PB    nr.    C     331    van    23.12.1986,    blz
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         GEWIJZIGD VOORSTEL VOOR EEN BESCHIKKING VAN DE RAAD
                             tot sluiting namens de Gemeenschap
                  van de Europese Overeenkomst voor de bescherming van
                          gewervelde dieren die voor experimenten
                   en andere wetenschappelijke doeleinden worden gebruikt
 DE RAAD VAN DE EUROPESE UNIE,
 Gelet op het Verdrag tot oprichting van de Europese Gemeenschap, inzonderheid op artikel
 100 A juncto artikel 228, lid 2 en lid 3, eerste alinea,
 Gezien het voorstel van de Commissie1,
 Gezien het advies van het Europees Parlement2
 Gezien het advies van het Economisch en Sociaal Comité3,
 Overwegende dat de Raad met Richtlijn 86/609/EEG van 24 november 1986 inzake de
onderlinge aanpassing van de wettelijke en bestuursrechtelijke bepalingen van de Lid-Staten
betreffende de bescherming van dieren die voor experimentele en andere wetenschappelijke
doeleinden worden gebruikt4 gemeenschappelijke regels heeft aangenomen waarin de
beginselen, doelstellingen en voornaamste bepalingen van de Europese Overeenkomst voor
de bescherming van gewervelde dieren die worden gebruikt voor experimentele en andere
wetenschappelijke doeleinden, vastgesteld door het Comité van Ministers van de Raad van
Europa op 31 mei 1985, zijn overgenomen;
Overwegende dat Richtlijn 86/609/EEG niet voorziet in de verplichte jaarlijkse mededeling
van statistische gegevens en dat de Commissie bijgevolg niet in staat is te voldoen aan de in
artikel 28, lid 1, van de Overeenkomst bedoelde verplichtingen; dat derhalve ter zake een
voorbehoud dient te worden gemaakt;
Overwegende dat de bepalingen van de vorengenoemde Overeenkomst en Richtlijn van
invloed zijn op de produktie- en afzetomstandigheden voor de produkten en stoffen voor de
ontwikkeling waarvan de betrokken proeven worden genomen; dat deze bepalingen bijgevolg
     1
        PC nr. C 200 van 5.8.1989, blz. 8.
    2
        PB nr. C 291 van 20.11.1989, blz. 43.
    3
        PB nr. C 329 van 30.12.1989, blz. 10.
    4
        PB nr. L 358 van 18.12.1986, blz. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- bijdragen tot de goede werking van de interne markt, hetgeen een van de hoofddoelstellingen
van de Gemeenschap is;
Overwegende dat de Gemeenschap genoemde Overeenkomst op 10 februari 1987 heeft
ondertekend en dat deze op 1 januari 1991 in werking is getreden;
Overwegende dat het dienstig is dat de Gemeenschap deze Overeenkomst goedkeurt,
HEEFT DE VOLGENDE BESCHIKKING VASTGESTELD:
                                         Artikel 1
De Overeenkomst voor de bescherming van gewervelde dieren die worden gebruikt voor
experimentele en andere wetenschappelijke doeleinden, die op 31 maart 1985 in Straatsburg
is aangenomen > wordt namens de Europese Gemeenschap gesloten met een voorbehoud ten
aanzien van artikel 28, lid 1.
De tekst van de Overeenkomst en van het voorbehoud is aan deze beschikking gehecht.
                                         Artikel 2
De Voorzitter van de Raad wordt gemachtigd de persoon of personen aan te wijzen die
bevoegd zijn om de akte van toetreding neder te leggen bij de secretaris-generaal van de
Raad vâh Europa overeenkomstig artikel 31 van de Overeenkomst.
Gedaan te                                                               Voor de Raad
                                                                        De Voorzitter
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Tekst van het communautaire voorbehoud
'Overeenkomstig artikel 34, lid 1, van de Europese Overeenkomst
voor de bescherming van gewervelde dieren die worden gebruikt
voor experimentele en andere wetenschappelijke doeleinden,
verklaart de Europese Gemeenschap dat zij zich niet gebonden
acht door de in artikel 28, lid 1, van genoemde Overeenkomst
opgenomen verplichting statistische gegevens mede te delen.'
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                0NTWERP-VERKLARING VAN DE COMMISSIE
          {pp te nemen in het proces-verbaal van de Raad)
 'Pe •Commissie verklaart dat het door de Lid-Staten en cloor d e
{pemeensojjap gemaakte voorbehoud geldt binnen de sfeer y^   hun
respectieve bevoegdheden.
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                        ONTWERP VAN EEN
    IN HET PROCES-VERBAAL VAN DE RAAD OP TE NEMEN VERKLARINÔ
1
  De vertegenwoordigers, in het kader van de Raad bijeen, van
de Lid-Staten die nog niet zijn toegetreden tot de in artikel 1
genoemde Overeenkomst of deze nog niet hebben bekrachtigd,
verklaren dat zij de nodige maatregelen zullen nemen opdat de
akten van goedkeuring van de Gemeenschap en van de Lid-Staten
zoveel mogelijk gelijktijdig en uiterlijk op ... kunnen worden
nedergelegd.•
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COUNCIL                                                                     CONSEIL
OF EUROPE                                   * • *                       DE L'EUROPE
   EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION
 OP VERTEBRATE ANIMALS USED FOR EXPERIMENTAL
         AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES
            CONVENTION EUROPÉENNE
   SUR LA PROTECTION DES ANIMAUX VERTÈBRES
       UTILISÉS À DES FINS EXPÉRIMENTALES
        OU À D'AUTRES FINS SCIENTIFIQUES
                                           STRASBOURG
                                         Provisional edition
                                          Edition provisoire
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                                                                                     PREAMBLE
                   The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto.
                   Recalling that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity herween its
        members and that it wishes to co-operate with other States in the protection of live animals used
        for experimental and other scientific purposes ;
                    Recognising that man has a moral obligation to respect all animals and to have due
        consideration for their capacity for suffering and memory ;
                   Accepting nevertheless that man in his quest for knowledge, health and safety has a need
        io use animals where there is a reasonable expectation that the result will be to extend knowledge
        or be to the overall benefit of man or animal, just as he uses them for food, clothing and ax
        beasts ûJ' burden :
                    Resolved to limit the use of animals for experimental and other scientific purposes, with
        the aim of replacing such use wherever practical, in particular by seeking alternative measures
        and encouraging the use of these alternative measures ;
                    Desirous to adopt common provisions in order to protect animals used in those procedures
        which may possibly cause pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm and to ensure that where unavoid-
        able they shall be kept to a minimum.
                    Have agreed as follows :
                                                                                           PART I
                                                                                  Gênerai principles
                                                                                          Article 1
         1.        This Convention applies to any animal used or intended for use in any experimental or
        other scientific procedure where that procedure may cause pain, suffering, distress or lasting
        harm. It docs not apply to any non-experimenLal agricultural or clinical veterinary practice.
         2.         In this Convention :
                   a. "animai", unless otherwise qualified, means any live non-human vertebrate, including
        free-living and/or reproducing larval forms, but excluding other foetal or embryonic forms :,
                    b. "intended for use" means bred or kept for the purpose of sale, disposal or use in any
         experimental or other scientific procedure :
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         c. "procedure." means any experimental or other scientific use of an animal which "may
cause it pain* suffering, distress or lasting harm, including any course of action intended to. or
liable to. result in the birth of an animal in any such conditions, but excluding the least painful
triethods accepted in modern practice (that is. "humane" methods) of killing or marking an
animal. A procedure stans when an animal is first prepared for use and ends when no further
observations are to be made for that procedure: the elimination of pain, suffering, distress or
lasting harm by the successful use of anaesthesia or analgesia or other methods does not place
the Usé bf an animal outside the scope of this definition ;
         d. "competent penon" means any person who is considered by a Party to be competent in
its territory to perform the relevant function described in this Convention ,
         e. "rkspnnsiblc authority" means, in the territory of a given Party, any authority, body nr
person designated for the relevant purpose ;
        ƒ. "establishment" means any stable or mobile facility, any building, group of buildings
 or othet premises, including a place which is not wholly enclosed or covered ;                           )
         g. "breeding establishment" means any establishment where animals are bred with a view
 to their use in procedures -,
         h. "supplying establishment'' means any establishment, other than a breeding establish-
 ment, from which animals are supplied with a view to their use in procedures ;
         i. ' user establishment" means any establishment where animals are used in procedures :
        ;'. "humane method of killing" means the killing of an animal with a minimum of
physical and mental suffering appropriate to the species.
                                               Article 2
         A procedure may be performed for one or more of the following purposes only and subject
to the restrictions laid down in this Convention :
a.       i. avoidance or prevention of disease, ill-health or other abnormality, or their effects, in
man. vertebrate or invertebrate animals or plants, including the production and the quality,
efficacy and safety testing of drugs, substances or products ;
         ii. diagnosis or treatment of disease, ill-health or other abnormality, or their effects, in
man. vertebrate or invertebrate animals or plants ;
b.       detection, assessment, regulation or modification of physiological conditions in man,
vertebrate and invertebrate animals or plants ;
c.       protection of the environment ;
d.       scientific research ;
<r.      education and training :
ƒ.       forensic inquiries.
                                               Article 3
          Each Party undertakes to take all the necessary steps to give effect to the provisions of this
Convention and to ensure an effective system of control and supervision as soon as possible and in
any case within a period of five years from the date of entry into force of the present Convention
in respect of that Party.
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                                              Articled
        No provision in this Convention shall affect the liberty of the Parties to adopt stricter
measures for the protection of animals used in procedures or for the control and restriction of the
use of animals in procedures.
                                              PART U
                                  General care and accommodation
                                              Article 5
1.      Any animal used or intended for use in a procedure shall be provided with accommodation,
an environment, at least a minimum degree of freedom of movement, food, water and care,
appropriate lu its health and well-being. Any restriction on the extent to which an animal can
satisfy its physiological and etiological needs shall be limited as far as practicable. In the im-
plementation of this provision, regard should be paid to the guidelines foe accommodation and
care of animals set out in Appendix A to this Convention.
2.      The environmental conditions in which animals are bred, kept or used shall be checked       i)
daily.
3.      The well-being and state of health of animals shall be observed sufficiently closely and
frequently to prevent pain or avoidable suffering, distress or lasting harm.
4.      Each Parly shall determine arrangements to ensure that any defect or suffering discovered
is corrected as quickly as possible.
                                              PART III
                                       Conduct of procedure
                                              Article 6
1.      A procedure shall not be performed for any of the purposes referred to in Article 2, if
another scientifically satisfactory method, not entailing the use of an animal, is reasonably and
practicably available.                                                        ^•                        ,
2.      Each Party should encourage scientific research into the development of methods which        ).J\
could provide the same information as that obtained in procedures.
                                              Article 7
        When a procedure has to be performed, the choice of species shall be carefully considered
and. where required, be explained to the responsible authority ; in a choice between procedures,
those should be selected which use the minimum number of animals, cause the least pain,
suffering, distress or lasting harm and which are. most likely to provide satisfactory results.
                                              Article 8
        A procedure shall be performed under general or local anaesthesia or analgesia or by
other methods designed to eliminate as far as practicable pain, suffering, distress or lasting
harm, applied throughout the procedure unless :
        a. the pain caused by the procedure is less than the impairment of the animal's well-being
caused by the use of anaesthesia or analgesia, or
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        b. Lhc use of anaesthesia or analgesia is compatible with the aim of the procedure. In
such cases, appropriate legislative and/or administrative measures shall be taken to ensure that
no such procedure is carried out unnecessarily.
                                              Article 9
1.      Where it is planned lo subject an animal to a procedure in which it will or may experience
severe pain which is likely to endure, that procedure must be specifically declared and justified to,
or specifically authorised by, the responsible authority.
2.      Appropriate legislative and/or administrative measures shall be taken to ensure that no
such procedure is carried out unnecessarily.
        Such measures shall include :
        — cither specific authorisation by the responsible authority :
        — or specific declaration of such procedure to the responsible authority and judicial or
administrative action by that authority if it is not satisfied that the procedure is of sufficient        $r)
importance for meeting the essential needs of man or animal, including the solution of scientific
problems.
                                              Article 10
        During a procedure, an animal used shall remain subject to the provisions of Article 5
except where those provisions are incompatible with the objective of the procedure.
                                              Article 11
1.      At the end of a procedure it shall be decided whether the animal shall be kept alive or
killed by a humane method. An animal shall not be kept alive if. even though it has been
restored to normal health in all other respects, it is likely to remain in lasting pain or distress.
2.      The decisions referred to in paragraph 1 of this article shall be taken by a competent
person, in particular a veterinarian, or the person who, in accordance with, Article 13. is
responsible for, or has performed, the procedure.                                                          |\
3.      Where, at the end of a procedure :
       a. an animal is to be kept alive, it shall receive the care appropriate to its state of health,
be placed under the supervision of a veterinarian or other competent person and kept under con-
ditions conforming to the requirements of Article 5. The conditions laid down in this
sub-paragraph may, however, be waived where, in the opinion of a veterinarian, Lhe animal
would not suffer as a consequence of such exemption ;
        b, an animal is not to be kept alive or cannot benefit from the provisions of Article 5 for
its well-being, it shall be killed by a humane method as soon as possible.
4.      No animal which has been used in a procedure entailing severe or enduring pain or
suffering, irrespective of whether anaesthesia or analgesia was employed, shall be used in a
further procedure unless it has returned to good health and well-being, and either :
       a, the further procedure is -one in which the animal is subject throughout to general
anaesthesia which is to be maintained until the animal is killed ; or
       b. the further procedure will involve minor interventions only.
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                                                 Article 12
         Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Convention, where it is necessary for the
legitimate purposes of the procedure, the responsible authority may allow the animal concerned
to be set free provided that it is satisfied that the maximum practicable care has been taken to safe-
guard the animal's well-being. Procedures that involve setting the animal free shall nor he permitted
solely lor educational or training purposes.
                                                  PART IV
                                                Authorisation
                                                  Article 13
          A procedure for the purposes referred to in Article 2 may be carried out only by persons
 authorised, or under the direct responsibility of a person authorised, or if the experimental or
  other scientific project concerned is authorised in accordance with the provisions of national         •)
  legislation. Authorisation shall be granted only to persons deemed to be competent by the
  responsible authority.
                                                   PART V
                                  Breeding or supplying establishments
                                                  Article 14
          Breeding and supplying establishments shall be registered with the responsible authority
 subject to the grant of an exemption under Article 21 or Article 22. Such registered establishments
 shall comply with the requirements of Article 5.
                                                 Article 15
         The registration provided for in Article 14 shall specify the person in charge of the
establishment, who shall be competent to administer or arrange for suitable care for animals of
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the species bred or kept in the establishment.
                                                  Article 16
 1.     . Arrangements shall be made at registered breeding establishments to record, in respect of
 the animals bred there, the number and species of such animals leaving, the dates they leave and
 the name and address of the recipient.
 2.       Arrangements shall be made at registered supplying establishments to record the number
 and species of such animals entering and leaving, the dates of these movements, from whom the
 animals concerned were acquired and the name and address of the recipient.
 3.       The responsible authority shall prescribe the records which are to be kept and made
 available to it by the person in charge of the establishments mentioned in paragraph 1 and 2 of
 this article ; such records shall be kept for a minimum of three years from the date of the last
 entry.
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                                               Article 17
1.      Each dog and cat in an establishment shall be individually and permanently marked in
the least painful manner possible before it is weaned.
2.      Where an unmarked dog or cat is taken into an establishment for the first time after it
has been weaned, it shall be marked as soon as possible.'
3.      Where a dog or cat is transferred from one establishment to another before it is weaned
and it is not practical to mark it beforehand, a full documentary record, specifying in particular
 its mother, shall be kept until it can be marked.
4.      Particulars of the identity and origin of each dog or cat shall be entered in the records of
the establishment.
                                               PART VI
                                          User establishments
                                               Article 18
         User establishments shall be registered with or otherwise approved by the responsible
authority and shall comply with the conditions laid down in Article 5.
                                               Article 19
        Provisions shall be made at user establishments for installations and equipment appropriate
 lor the species of animals used and the performance of the procedures conduaed there. The
design, construction and functioning of such installations and equipment shall be such as to
ensure that the procedures are performed as effectively as possible, with the object of obtaining
consistent results with the minimum number of animals and the minimum degree of pain,
suffering, distress or lasting harm
                                               Article 20
        In user establishments :
        o. the person or persons who are administratively responsible for the care of the animals
and the functioning of the equipment shall be identified :
        b. sufficient trained staff shall be provided ;
        c. adequate arrangements shall be made for the provision of veterinary advice and treat-     A,
ment :
        d. a veterinarian or other competent person should be charged with advisory duties in
relation to the well-being of the animals.
                                               Article 21
1.      Animals of the species listed below which are for use in procedures shall be acquired
directly from or originate from registered breeding establishments, unless a general or special
exemption has been obtained under arrangements to be determined by the Parry :
        Mouse                Mus musculus
        Rat                  Rattus norvégiens
        Guinea pig           Cavia porcellus
        Golden hamster       Mesocricetus auratus
        Rabbit               Oryctolagus funiculus
        Dog                  Cants famifiaris
        Cat                  Felts cuius
        Quail                Cotumix cotumix
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2.      Each Party undertakes to extend the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article to other
species, in particular of the order of primates, as soon as there, is a reasonable prospect oi a
sufficient supply of purpose-bred animals of the species concerned.
3.       Straying animals of a domesticated species shall not be used in procedures. A general
exemption made under the conditions of paragraph X of this article may not extend to stray dogs
 and cats.
                                                Article 22
         In user establishments, only animals supplied from registered breeding or supplying
 establishments shall be used, unless a general or special exemption has been obtained under
 arrangements to be determined by the Party.
                                                Article 23
         Procedures may. where authorised by the responsible authority, be conducted outside user
 establishments.
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                                                Article 24
         Arrangements shall be made at user establishments to maintain records and make them
 available as required by the responsible authority. In particular, these records shall be sufficient
 to meet the requirements of Article 27 and. in addition, show the number and species of all
 animals acquired, from whom .they were acquired and their date of arrival.
                                               PART v n
                                       Education and training
                                                Article 25
 1.      Procedures carried out for the purpose of education, training or further training for
 professions or other occupations, including the care of animals being used or intended for use in
 procedures, must be notified to the responsible authority and shall be carried out by or under the
supervision of a competent person, who will be responsible for ensuring that the procedures
 comply with national legislation under the terms of this Convention.
2.       Procedures within the scope of education, training, or further training for purposes other
than those referred to in paragraph 1 above shall not be permitted.                                     W
3.       Procedures referred to in paragraph 1 of this article shall be restricted to those absolutely
necessary for the purpose of the education or training concerned and be permitted only if their
 objective cannot be achieved by comparably effective audio-visual or any other suitable methods.
                                                Article 26
         Persons who carry out procedures, or take part in procedures, or take care of animals
used in procedures, including supervision, shall have had appropriate education and training.
                                              PART VIII
                                        Statistical information
                                                Article 27
1.      Each Party shall collect statistical information on the use of animals in procedures and
this information shall where lawful be made available to the public.
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 2.       Information shall be collected in respect of :
         a. the numbers and kinds of animals used in procedures ;
         b. the numbers of animals in selected categories used in procedures directly concerned
with medicine and in education and training ;
         c. the numbers of animals in selected categories used in procedures for the protection of
 man and the environment ;
         d. the numbers of animals in selected categories used in procedures required by law.
                                                Article 28
  1.      Subject to requirements of national legislation relating to secrecy and confidentiality, each
Party shall communicate every year to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe infor-
mation in respect of the items mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 27. presented in the form
 set out in Appendix B to this Convention.
 2.       The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall publish the statistical information
 received from the Parties In respect of the items mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 27.
 3.       Each Party Is invited to communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
 the address of its national authority from which information about more comprehensive national
 statistics may be obtained on request. Such addresses will be contained in the publications of
 statistics made by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
                                                PART IX
                Recognition of procedures carried out in the territory of another Party
                                                Article 29
 1.      In order to avoid unnecessary repetition of procedures required by law on health and
safety, each Party shall, where practicable, recognise the results of procedures carried out in the
territory of another Party.
2.       To that end the Parties undertake, where practicable and lawful, to render each other
mutual assistance. în particular by furnishing'information on their legislation and administrative
practice relating to the requirements for procedures to be carried out in support of submissions
for registration of products, as well as factual information on procedures carried out in their           •
territory and on authorisation or any other administrative particulars pertaining to these
procedures.
                                                PART X
                                       Multilateral consultations
                                                Article 30
         The Parties shall, within five years from the entry into force of this Convention and every
five years thereafter, or more frequently if a majority of the Parties should so request, hold
multilateral consultations within the Council of Europe to examine the application of this
Convention, and the advisability of revising it or extending any of its provisions. These
consultations shall take place at meetings convened by the Secretary General of the Council of
Europe. The Parties shall communicate the name of their representative to the Secretary General
of the Council of Europe at least two months before meetings.
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                                              PART XI
                                           Final provisions
                                              Arricie 31
        This Convention shall be open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe
and by the European Communities. It is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval.
Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General
of the Council of Europe.
                                              Article 32
1.     This Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration
of a period of six months after the date on which four member States of the Council of Europe
have expressed their consent to he bound by the Convention in accordance with the provisions of
Article 31.
2.      In respect of a Signatory which subsequently expresses its consent to be bound by it, the
Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a
period of six months after the date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance or
approval.
                                              Article 33
 1.     After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of
Europe may invite any State not a member of the Council to accede to this Convention, by a
decision taken by the majority provided for in Article 20.d of the Sutute of the Council of
Europe and by the unanimous vote of the representatives of the Contracting States entitled to sit
on the Committee.
2.      In respect of any acceding State, the Convention shall enter.into force on the first day of
 the month following the expiration of a period of six months after the date of deposit' of the
 instrument of accession with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
                                              Article 34
 1.     Any Signatory may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratifi-
 cation, acceptance, approval or accession, make one or more reservations. No reservations may.
 however, be made in respect of Articles 1 to 14 or Articles 18 to 20.
 2.      Any Party which has made a reservation under the preceding paragraph may wholly- or
 partly withdraw it by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of
 Europe. The withdrawal shall take effect on the date of receipt of such notification by the
 Secretary General.
 3.      A Party which has made a reservation in respect of a provision of this Convention may not
 claim the application of that provision by any other Party ; it may, however, if lis reservation is
 partial or conditional, claim the application of that provision insofar as it has itself accepted it.
                                              Article 35
 I.      Any Signatory may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratifi-
 cation, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Con-
 vention shall apply.
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2.      Any Party may at any later date, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of
the Council of Europe, extend the application of this Convention to any other territory specified
in the declaration. In respect of such territory, the Convention shall enter into force on the first
day of the month following the expiration of a period of six months aftet the date of receipt of
such declaration by the Secretary General.
3.      Any declaration made under the two preceding paragraphs may, in respect of any territory
specified in such declaration, be withdrawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary General.
The withdrawal shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a
period of six months after the date of receipt of such notification by the Secretary General.
                                                Article 36
1.      Any Party may at any time denounce this Convention by means of a notification addressed
to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
2.      Such denunciation shall become effective on the first day of the month following the
expiration of a period of six months after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary
General.
                                                Article 37
        The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the
 Council of Europe, the European Communities and any State which has acceded to this
Convention of :
        a. any signature :
        b. the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession ;
        c. any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with Articles 32, 33 and 35 ;
        d. any other act, notification or communication relating to this Convention.
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     In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto,
have signed this Convention.
   U3oneat Strasbourg, this 18th day of March. 1986, in English and
FrenctJTbotfifëxts'beirig'ëquâlly'authentic, in a singie copy which shall be
deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe.The Secretary General
of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each member
State of the Council of Europe, to the European Communities and to any
State invited to accede to this Convention.
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