Marinou Katerina A, Dontas Ismene A
Directorate of Animal Welfare, Veterinary Medicines and Veterinary Applications, General Directorate of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Rural Development and Food, 2 Acharnon Street, 10176 Athens, Greece.
Laboratory for Research of the Musculoskeletal System, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, KAT General Hospital, 14561 Kifissia, Greece.
Animals (Basel). 2023 Jul 20;13(14):2367. doi: 10.3390/ani13142367.
The Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council has been in force for more than a decade and has brought about significant improvements and novel requirements for the welfare of animals used for scientific purposes, while safeguarding research integrity. The Directive sets clear provisions for its scope, the authorization procedures, animal welfare bodies, national committees, cost/benefit analysis, severity classification, retrospective assessment, and statistical reporting, among many others. From this perspective, indicative areas in the existing legislative texts and guidance documents, which may influence animal welfare and scientific integrity, have been identified by the authors after years of working in this field. Suggested solutions to address these areas by potential future revisions in the legislation or other actions to benefit animal welfare are discussed, with the aim to clarify and simplify them for all stakeholders involved.
欧洲议会和理事会的第2010/63/EU号指令已经生效十多年了，它在保障研究诚信的同时，为用于科学目的的动物福利带来了显著改善和新要求。该指令对其范围、授权程序、动物福利机构、国家委员会、成本/效益分析、严重性分类、回顾性评估和统计报告等诸多方面都做出了明确规定。从这个角度来看，作者们在该领域工作多年后，确定了现有立法文本和指导文件中可能影响动物福利和科学诚信的指示性领域。讨论了通过未来可能的立法修订或其他有利于动物福利的行动来解决这些领域问题的建议解决方案，目的是为所有相关利益者澄清并简化这些问题。
