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Good laboratory practice: inspection and verification of laboratory studies on all chemicals
Good laboratory practice: inspection and verification of laboratory studies on all chemicals
Good laboratory practice: inspection and verification of laboratory studies on all chemicals
Good laboratory practice: inspection and verification of laboratory studies on all chemicals
SUMMARY OF:
Directive 2004/9/EC on the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP)
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DIRECTIVE?
KEY POINTS
FROM WHEN DOES THE DIRECTIVE APPLY?
It has applied since 11 March 2004. Directive 2004/9/EC codified and replaced Directive 88/320/EEC which had to become law in the EU countries by 1989.
BACKGROUND
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MAIN DOCUMENT
Directive 2004/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP) (Codified version) (OJ L 50, 20.2.2004, pp. 28-43)
Successive amendments to Directive 2004/9/EC have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, pp. 1-849). Text republished in corrigendum (OJ L 136, 29.5.2007, pp. 3-280)
See consolidated version.
Directive 2004/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications for tests on chemical substances (codified version) (OJ L 50, 20.2.2004, pp. 44-59)
See consolidated version.
last update 24.10.2019