13 Amendments of Anne LAPERROUZE related to 2008/0211(COD)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The methods selected should avoid, as far as possible, death as an end-point due to severe suffering caused by the approaching death. Where possible, it should be substituted by more humane end-points using clinical signs that determine the impending death thereby allowing the animal to be killed by a humann appropriate method without any further suffering.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) The technical and scientific advancements in biomedical research can be rapid as can the increase in knowledge of factors influencing animal welfare. It is therefore necessary to provide for review of this Directive. Such a review, based on the results of peer-assessed scientific studies, should examine possible replacement of the use of animals, and in particular non-human primates, as a matter of priority where it is possible, taking into account the advancement of science.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall apply to the following animals: (a) live non- human vertebrate animals, including independently feeding larval forms and embryonic or foetal forms of mammals as from the last third of their normal development; (b) live invertebrate animals, including independently feeding larval forms, of those species listed in Annex I.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – point 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the improvement of the production conditions and welfare of animals reared for agricultural purposes.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – introductory part
Article 19 – introductory part
Member States may allow animals used or intended to be used in procedures to be set freeplaced in normal breeding conditions or re-homed provided that the following conditions are met:
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that persons are authorised by the competent authority or the delegated authority before they carry out any of the following functions:
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. All authorisations of persons shall be granted for a limited period of time, not exceeding five years. Member States shall ensure that the renewal of an authorisation of persons is only granted on the basis of demonstration of the requisite competence. Member States shall guarantee the mutual recognition of this competence and of the authorisation.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The permanent ethical review body shall include as a minimum the designated veterinarian, the person(s) responsible for the welfare and care of the animals in the establishment and, in the case of a user establishment, a scientific member.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) a harm-benefit analysis of the project, to assess whether the harm to the animals in terms of suffering, pain and distress, and to the environment, where appropriate, is justified by the expected advancement of science that ultimately benefitscould be beneficial to human beings, animals or the environment;
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 41 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority may amend or renew the project authorisation on the request of the user establishmenscientific director of the project.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V
Annex V
Annex deleted.