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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-63/article-11",
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  "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": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Stray and feral animals of domestic species",
  "text": "1. Stray and feral animals of domestic species shall not be used in procedures.\n2. The competent authorities may only grant exemptions from paragraph 1 subject to the following conditions:\n(a) there is an essential need for studies concerning the health and welfare of the animals or serious threats to the environment or to human or animal health; and\n(b) there is scientific justification to the effect that the purpose of the procedure can be achieved only by the use of a stray or a feral animal.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2010/63/article/11",
    "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."
}