# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/569 of 16 April 2020 establishing a common format and information content for the submission of the information to be reported by Member States pursuant to Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2012/707/EU (notified under document C(2020) 2179) (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3: Animals killed for organs and tissues

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

3.1. Animals killed for organs and tissues, as well as sentinels, are excluded from the provision of annual statistical data, unless any of the following applies:
(a) the killing is performed under a project authorisation using a method not included in Annex IV to Directive 2010/63/EU;
(b) the animal has gone through a previous intervention, which has been above the threshold of minimum pain, suffering, distress and lasting harm prior to being killed;
(c) the animal is from a genetically altered animal line with an intended harmful phenotype and which has expressed the harmful phenotype before being killed for organs and tissues.
3.2. Other animals killed for organs and tissues (those not reported in the annual statistics) are reported as part of the five-year implementation report in line with Annex II to this Decision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/569/annex/III/part/B/division/A/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-569/annex-III/part-B/division-A/division-3
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