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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | ENVI | JACKSON Caroline ( PPE-DE) | |
Former Responsible Committee | ENVI | JACKSON Caroline ( PPE-DE) | |
Former Committee Opinion | JURI | ||
Former Committee Opinion | BUDG | BUITENWEG Kathalijne Maria ( Verts/ALE) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 095
Legal Basis:
EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 095Events
The Commission presents its sixth report on the statistics on the number of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes in the EU, in accordance with Directive 86/609/EEC.
It gives an overview of the number of animals used in Member States for experimental purposes for the year 2008, with the exception of one Member State which provided data from 2007. As the two newest Member States Bulgaria and Romania have submitted data for the first time (representing below 1.0% of the total number of animals used in the EU 27), it is in principle not possible to draw accurate quantitative conclusions on the evolution of the use of animals for experimental purposes in the EU by comparing data with those of the previous reports. However, some comparisons in trends have been attempted, and significant changes in use have been highlighted in the report.
Overview : the total number of animals used for experimental and other purposes in 2008 in the 27 Member States EU is just above 12 million. As in previous reports rodents together with rabbits represent more than 80% of the total number of animals used in the EU. Mice are by far the most commonly used species accounting for 59% of the total use, followed by rats with 17%.The second most used group of animals was, as in previous years, cold-blooded animals which represent almost 10%. The third largest group of animals used was birds with a little over 6% of the total use.
As stated in the previous two statistical reports no Great Apes were used in experiments in the EU in 2008.
Comparison with previous years : the inclusion of the data from Bulgaria and Romania did not lead to an increase in the total number of animals. On the contrary, there is a decrease of more than 116,500 animals.
However, noticeable changes have occurred for the use of some individual species compared to data from the 2005 report.
Significant increases occurred in 2008 for mice, rabbits, pigs and 'other birds' where percentage changes ranged from 5% to 28%. The increase in the number of mice used since 2005 is 691,842 animals which represents 9.71% of the total number of mice used in 2008.
The total number of pigs, goats, prosimians, and reptiles has increased by between 28 - 46%.
On the other hand the total number of rats, guinea-pigs, other rodents, dogs, cattle and other mammals as well as amphibians and fish used has decreased substantially since the last report.
When expressed in percentages these decreases range from more than 70% to around 10%.
The largest percentile change has been noted in the decrease of the use of other carnivores.
However, these species are not used in great numbers (from 8711 to 2853). There is also a large decrease of 75% in the total number of 'other mammals'.
The following animals which are normally used in fewer numbers show an increase in use: ferrets (16%), horses, donkeys and cross-breeds (11%), goats (44%) and reptiles (39%). It is also worth noting the large decrease in the use of new world monkeys of 73% as well as a decrease of 11% of old world monkeys. As in 2002 and 2005, no great apes were used for experimental or other scientific purposes in 2008.
The objective of this report is to present to the Council and the European Parliament, in accordance with Article 26 of Directive 86/609/EEC the statistical data on the number of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes in the Member States of the EU.
The EU 10 are reporting data for the first time, and, therefore, it is not possible to draw conclusions on the evolution of the use of animals for experimental purposes in the EU by comparing data with those of the previous reports. However, some comparisons in trends will be attempted and significant changes in use will be highlighted in the report. Malta informed the Commission that no animal experiments were carried out in their country in 2005.
The total number of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes in 2005 in the 25 Member States (EU 25) amounts to 12.1 million (with data from France of 2004). The number of animals used in the EU 10 represents 8.6% of the total number of animals used in the EU 25.
As in previous reports rodents together with rabbits represent almost 78% of the total number of animals used in the EU. Mice are by far the most commonly used species covering 53% of the total use, followed by rats with 19%. The second most used group of animals was, as in previous years, cold-blooded animals representing 15%. The third biggest group of animals was birds with a little over 5% of the total use.
As in 2002, no Great Apes were used in experiments in the EU in 2005.
The objective of this fourth report is to present to the Council and to the European Parliament statistics on the number of laboratory animals used in the EU, in accordance with Article 26 of Directive 86/609/EEC 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.
This Report is accompanied by a Commission Staff Working Paper - Report on the Statistics on the Number of Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes in the Member States of the European Union in the year 2002. The Staff Working Paper provides more details and also includes data from the single Member States and their respective comments.
The main difference with the previous Reports is that the data now cover the complete range of procedures and their purposes. This allows, for the first time, for a more precise and comprehensive picture at EU level. Data are far more coherent amongst the different Tables than in previous Reports. Nevertheless, for the next Report coherence still needs to be improved. In this regard, the accession of the ten new Member States will require additional efforts.
The report highlights that the total number of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes in 2002 was 10.7 million (with data from France from 2001). This indicates an increase beyond the 9.8 million counted in 1999, but it is still a decrease compared to the 11.6 million of 1996. By far the biggest group of animals used was rodents and rabbits, as in the previous Reports. A significant increase in the use of fish has made the group of cold-blooded animals account for over 15 % of all animals used.
Documents
- Contribution: COM(2010)0511
- Follow-up document: COM(2010)0511
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: SEC(2010)1107
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: COM(2007)0675
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: SEC(2007)1455
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: COM(2005)0007
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
- Final act published in Official Journal: Directive 2003/65
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 230 16.09.2003, p. 0032-0033
- Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0278/2003
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0185/2003
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0185/2003
- Commission communication on Council's position: SEC(2003)0367
- Commission communication on Council's position: EUR-Lex
- Council position: 05240/1/2003
- Council position: OJ C 113 13.05.2003, p. 0059-0060 E
- Council position published: 05240/1/2003
- Council statement on its position: 06532/2003
- Document attached to the procedure: COM(2003)0019
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0339/2002
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 271 12.11.2003, p. 0028-0151 E
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading: T5-0339/2002
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0239/2002
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A5-0239/2002
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0186/2002
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: OJ C 094 18.04.2002, p. 0005
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal: COM(2001)0703
- Legislative proposal: OJ C 025 29.01.2002, p. 0536 E
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2001)0703
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex COM(2001)0703 OJ C 025 29.01.2002, p. 0536 E
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0186/2002 OJ C 094 18.04.2002, p. 0005
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0239/2002
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0339/2002 OJ C 271 12.11.2003, p. 0028-0151 E
- Document attached to the procedure: COM(2003)0019 EUR-Lex
- Council statement on its position: 06532/2003
- Council position: 05240/1/2003 OJ C 113 13.05.2003, p. 0059-0060 E
- Commission communication on Council's position: SEC(2003)0367 EUR-Lex
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0185/2003
- Follow-up document: COM(2005)0007 EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: COM(2007)0675 EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: SEC(2007)1455 EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: COM(2010)0511 EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: SEC(2010)1107 EUR-Lex
- Contribution: COM(2010)0511
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