# Council Decision of 28 July 1989 on the acceptance by the European Economic Community of an OECD decision/recommendation on compliance with principles of good laboratory practice (89/569/EEC), Division: THE COUNCIL,

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Having regard to Articles 5 (a) and 5 (b) of the convention on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development of 14 December 1960;
Having regard to the recommendation of the Council of 7 July 1977 establishing guidelines in respect of procedure and requirements for anticipating the effects of chemicals on man and in the environment, C(77)97 (final);
Having regard to the Decision of the Council of 12 May 1981 concerning the mutual acceptance of data in the assessment of chemicals, C(81)30 (final) and, in particular, the recommendation that Member States, in the testing of chemicals, apply the OECD principles of good laboratory practice, set forth in Annex 2 of that Decision;
Having regard to the recommendation of the Council of 26 July 1983 concerning the mutual recognition of compliance with good laboratory practice, C(83)95 (final);
Having regard to the conclusions of the third high level meeting of the chemicals group (OECD, Paris, 1988);
Considering the need to ensure that test data on chemicals provided to regulatory authorities for purposes of assessment and other uses related to the protection of human health and the environment are of high quality, valid and reliable;
Considering the need to minimize duplicative testing of chemicals, and thereby to utilize more effectively scare test facilities and specialist manpower, and to reduce the number of animals used in testing;
Considering that recognition of procedures for monitoring compliance with good laboratory practice will facilitate mutual acceptance of data and thereby reduce duplicative testing of chemicals;
Considering that a basis for recognition of compliance monitoring procedures is an understanding of, and confidence in, the procedures in the Member country where the data are generated;
Considering that harmonized approaches to procedures for monitoring compliance with good laboratory practice would greatly facilitate the development of the necessary confidence in other countries' procedures;
On the proposal of the joint meeting of the management committee of the special programme on the control of chemicals and the chemicals group, endorsed by the environment committee,

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1989/569/annex/1/division/1 (the official version)
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