# Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 7: Animal and human testing

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

1. Where new tests are carried out for the purposes of this Regulation, tests on animals to which the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 applies shall be undertaken only where no other alternatives, which provide adequate reliability and quality of data, are possible.
2. Tests on non-human primates shall be prohibited for the purposes of this Regulation.
3. Tests on humans shall not be performed for the purposes of this Regulation. Data obtained from other sources, such as clinical studies, can however be used for the purposes of this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1272/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1272/article-7
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