Directive 2010/63/EU[1] is the European Union (EU) legislation "on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes" and is one of the most stringent ethical and welfare standards worldwide.[2]
The Directive repealed Directive 86/609/EEC. It became formally applied across the EU on 1 January 2013. It protects live non-human vertebrates including independently feeding larval forms and foetal forms of mammals from the last third of their normal development, and live cephalopods.
- ^ "Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council". Official Journal of the European Union. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "EuroScience supports Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes". EuroScience. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2016.