# 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), Article 5: Purposes of procedures

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

Procedures may be carried out for the following purposes only:
(a) basic research;
(b) translational or applied research with any of the following aims:
(i) the avoidance, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of disease, ill-health or other abnormality or their effects in human beings, animals or plants;
(ii) the assessment, detection, regulation or modification of physiological conditions in human beings, animals or plants; or
(iii) the welfare of animals and the improvement of the production conditions for animals reared for agricultural purposes;
(c) for any of the aims in point (b) in the development, manufacture or testing of the quality, effectiveness and safety of drugs, foodstuffs and feed-stuffs and other substances or products;
(d) protection of the natural environment in the interests of the health or welfare of human beings or animals;
(e) research aimed at preservation of the species;
(f) higher education, or training for the acquisition, maintenance or improvement of vocational skills;
(g) forensic inquiries.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2010/63/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-63/article-5
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