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Council Directive 86/609/EEC of 24 November 1986 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes · European Union

This Directive applies to the use of animals in experiments which are undertaken for one of the following purposes: (a) the development, manufacture, quality, effectiveness and safety testing of drugs, foodstuffs and other substances or products: (i) for the avoidance, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of disease, ill-health or other abnormality or their effects in man, animals or plants; (ii) for the assessment, detection, regulation or modification of physiological conditions in man, animals or plants; (b) the protection of the natural environment in the interests of the health or welfare of man or animal.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.