{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-63/article-16",
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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/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Reuse",
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that an animal already used in one or more procedures, when a different animal on which no procedure has previously been carried out could also be used, may only be reused in a new procedure provided that the following conditions are met:\n(a) the actual severity of the previous procedures was ‘mild’ or ‘moderate’;\n(b) it is demonstrated that the animal’s general state of health and well-being has been fully restored;\n(c) the further procedure is classified as ‘mild’, ‘moderate’ or ‘non-recovery’; and\n(d) it is in accordance with veterinary advice, taking into account the lifetime experience of the animal.\n2. In exceptional circumstances, by way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 1 and after a veterinary examination of the animal, the competent authority may allow reuse of an animal, provided the animal has not been used more than once in a procedure entailing severe pain, distress or equivalent suffering.",
  "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/16",
    "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."
}