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Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/1262 of 13 March 2024 amending Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements for establishments and for the care and accommodation of animals, and as regards the methods of killing animals
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/1262 of 13 March 2024 amending Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements for establishments and for the care and accommodation of animals, and as regards the methods of killing animals
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/1262 of 13 March 2024 amending Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements for establishments and for the care and accommodation of animals, and as regards the methods of killing animals
C/2024/1556
OJ L, 2024/1262, 15.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir_del/2024/1262/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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2024/1262 |
15.5.2024 |
COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) 2024/1262
of 13 March 2024
amending Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements for establishments and for the care and accommodation of animals, and as regards the methods of killing animals
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 50 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Article 33 of Directive 2010/63/EU requires that animals used for scientific purposes are provided with accommodation, an environment and care which are appropriate to their health and well-being. Annex III to Directive 2010/63/EU lays down requirements for establishments and for the care and accommodation of those animals. |
(2) |
Article 6 of Directive 2010/63/EU requires that animals are killed with minimum pain, suffering and distress, by means of the appropriate species-specific killing methods provided for in Annex IV to that Directive. |
(3) |
At the time of the adoption of the Directive, insufficient scientific evidence was available on the appropriate housing and care requirements for certain species, including cephalopods, zebra fish and passerine birds, and on the appropriate killing methods for cephalopods. Therefore, no species-specific requirements were included in Annex III to Directive 2010/63/EU for those species or for the killing of cephalopods in Annex IV to that Directive. |
(4) |
Since 2010, new scientific knowledge has been gained on the welfare requirements of cephalopods, zebra fish and passerine birds kept in captivity, as well as for the killing of cephalopods in a manner causing least pain, suffering and distress, and therefore Annexes III and IV to Directive 2010/63/EU should be adapted accordingly. |
(5) |
Some of the new requirements identified for zebra fish and cephalopods that were not included in Annex III to Directive 2010/63/EU should be introduced for all aquatic species or for all animals. |
(6) |
The information submitted under Article 54(3) of Directive 2010/63/EU shows that several Member States consider hypothermic shock as an appropriate method of killing for zebra fish based on the current scientific evidence. To avoid unnecessary administrative burden arising from regular exemptions granted under Article 6(4)(a) of Directive 2010/63/EU, this method should be allowed for killing of zebra fish. |
(7) |
Since the adoption of Directive 2010/63/EU, new scientific evidence has emerged on the inappropriateness of using inert gases (argon and nitrogen) to kill rodents, and therefore their use should no longer be allowed for the killing of rodents. |
(8) |
Directive 2010/63/EU should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annexes III and IV to Directive 2010/63/EU are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 4 December 2025 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
They shall apply those provisions from 4 December 2026.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 March 2024.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 33, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2010/63/oj.
ANNEX
Annexes III and IV to Directive 2010/63/EU are amended as follows:
(1) |
Annex III is amended as follows:
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(2) |
Annex IV is amended as follows:
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(*1) Group sizes greater than 10 shall not be permitted without a defined monitoring schedule at sufficient frequency to detect and mitigate aggression’.
(*2) or below detection limit. 0,1 mg/L indicates the total amount of ammonia, NH3/NH4 +. This corresponds to 0,002 mg/L of NH3 at 28 °C and pH 7,5.
(*3) Dorsal mantle length.
(*4) Group up to 40 individuals.
(*5) Use of cylindrical shape tanks shall be preferred. The minimum values shall be increased by 5 % if non-cylindrical tanks are used.
(*6) During juvenile, paralarval stage, squid and octopus shall be housed in cylindrical tanks, with a maximum of 20 hatchlings per litre and methods to limit visual interaction shall be adopted.’.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir_del/2024/1262/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)