# 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 4: Animals that are bred and killed without being used in a procedure

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

4.1. Animals that are bred and killed without being used in a procedure shall not be included in the annual statistical data apart from the following animals:
(a) genetically altered animals with an intended and exhibited harmful phenotype;
(b) those animals that have been genotyped (genetic characterisation/tissue sampling) using an invasive method, which was not carried out for the purposes of identification/marking of the animal.
4.2. For the purposes of point 4.1(b), an invasive method shall be a method which may cause the animal pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm equivalent to, or higher than, that caused by the introduction of a needle in accordance with good veterinary practice.
4.3. The animals that are bred and killed without being used in a procedure shall be reported in accordance with Annex II of this Decision as part of the five-year implementation report.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/569/annex/III/part/B/division/A/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-569/annex-III/part-B/division-A/division-4
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