Question 30717 — animals

Summary

The European Commission ensures compliance with deadlines and the quality of the transposition of directives into national law. However, if European directive 2010/63/EU requires in principle that animals used for scientific purposes must have been bred for this purpose and come from approved breeders or suppliers, it also provides for the possibility of granting exemptions from this provision in the event of scientific justification. In his remarks addressed to the French Government regarding the transposition of this provision, the European Commission noted that article R. 214-90 of the rural and maritime fishing code provided for exceptions to this principle on the basis of duly justified scientific elements but added "when the production of approved breeders is insufficient or is not suitable for the specific needs of the project". This precision is not provided for by the directive and having been perceived as likely to facilitate the granting of exemptions, the commission considered that the transposition into national law was erroneous and asked France to modify it. The decree recently adopted to comply with this request from the European Commission removes any ambiguity on the fact that exemptions can be issued only for scientific imperatives. THE exemptions, which will remain exceptional, will always be granted by the ministry responsible for research after consulting the other ministries concerned. It is therefore a clarification of the text at the request of the European Commission which was carried out in complete transparency, after advice from the National Commission on Animal Experimentation bringing together representatives of all stakeholders (ministries, associations of professionals or unions, animal protection). The text is now more rigorous and in no way constitutes a relaxation of the rule or a weakening of the constraints, quite the contrary. Obviously, laboratories will still not be able to contact individuals to obtain animals and the animals will always come from recognized breeders.

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