Animal Protection Experiment Ordinance.
Country
Type of law
Regulation
Date of original text
Abstract
The present Ordinance enforces the Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes of 22 September 2010 and the Animal Protection Act. In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to animals used for experiments or for certain other purposes. Article 1 establishes that whoever carries out animal experiments must ensure that conditions comply with requirements listed in the afore-mentioned EU-Directive. Among others the text refers to the requirements for husbandry, as well as for facilities and operations, application for permit and requirements for performance of animal experiments. The text consists of 48 Articles divided into 4 Parts as follows: Keeping of vertebrates and cephalopods for use in animal experiments or other scientific purposes (1); Implementation, approval and notification of animal experiments (2); Penalties (3); Transitional and final provisions (4).
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Long title of text
Ordinance on protection of animals used for experiments or other scientific purposes.
Date of consolidation/reprint
Notes
Consolidated version of the Animal Protection Experiment Ordinance as last amended by the Ordinance of 11 August 2021 (BGBl. I p.3570).
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 47, 12 August 2013, pp. 3125-3145.
Source language
English
Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Verordnung zum Schutz von zu Versuchszwecken oder zu anderen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken verwendeten Tieren (Tierschutz-Versuchstierverordnung - TierSchVersV).