Division 1 Member States shall provide a narrative on the statistical data. That narrative shall contain the following:

general information on any changes in trends observed since the previous reporting period;

information on significant increase or decrease in use of animals in any of the specific areas and analysis of the reasons thereof;

information on any changes in trends in actual severities and analysis of the reasons thereof;

information on particular efforts to promote the principle of replacement, reduction and refinement and its impacts on statistics if any;

further breakdown on the use of ‘other’ categories if a significant proportion of animal use is reported under this category;

information on the uses of animals in categories where a method or testing strategy for obtaining the results sought, not entailing the use of live animals, is recognised under the legislation of the Union;

details on cases where the ‘severe’ classification is exceeded, whether pre-authorised or not.