# 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 9

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

Data relating to animals used in a procedure shall be reported for the year in which that procedure ends. In the case of studies running across two calendar years, all of the animals may be accounted for together in the year in which the last procedure ends if this exemption to annual reporting is authorised by the competent authority. For projects running longer than two calendar years, data on animals shall be reported for the year the animal is killed or dies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/569/annex/III/part/B/division/A/division/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-569/annex-III/part-B/division-A/division-9
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