2. — Council Directive 86/609/EEC of 24 November 1986 on the approximation of laws…

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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

Paragraph 1 above does not apply when: anaesthesia is judged to be more traumatic to the animal than the experiment itself; anaesthesia is incompatible with the object of the experiment. In such cases appropriate legislative and/or administrative measures shall be taken to ensure that no such experiment is carried out unnecessarily. Anaesthesia should be used in the case of serious injuries which may cause severe pain.

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