{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-63/annex-III/section-B/division-6/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-63/annex-III/section-B/division-6/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2010/63",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-63",
  "path": "annex/III/section/B/division/6/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Table 6.3.\nMacaques and vervets\nAnimals shall be kept singly only in exceptional circumstances.\nAn enclosure of minimum dimensions may hold up to three animals.\nAn enclosure of minimum dimensions may hold up to two animals.\nIn breeding colonies no additional space/volume allowance is required for young animals up to 2 years of age housed with their mother.\nMinimum enclosure size(m2)\nMinimum enclosure volume(m3)\nMinimum volume per animal(m3)\nMinimum enclosure height(m)\nDate referred to in Article 33(2)\nAnimals less than 3 yrs of age\n2,0\n3,6\n1,0\n1,8\n1 January 2017\nAnimals from 3 yrs of age\n2,0\n3,6\n1,8\n1,8\nAnimals held for breeding purposes\n3,5\n2,0\nFor macaques and vervets, separation from the mother shall not take place before 8 months of age.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Animals shall be kept singly only in exceptional circumstances."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "An enclosure of minimum dimensions may hold up to three animals."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "An enclosure of minimum dimensions may hold up to two animals."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "In breeding colonies no additional space/volume allowance is required for young animals up to 2 years of age housed with their mother."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2010/63/annex/III/section/B/division/6/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:06.739931+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}