Internal rules and general legislation

Internal regulation

• internal regulation of the ECAE (pdf, 154 KB)
• internal regulation of Animal Welfare Cell – work in progress

European regulation

• European Earth monitoring programme called GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) and the rules for the implementation of its initial operations during the period 2011-2013 (pdf, 2.6 MB)
• 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 (pdf, 1.3 MB)
• Europese wetgeving met betrekking tot de bescherming van dieren gebruikt voor wetenschappelijke doeleinden
• National Competent Authorities for the implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (pdf, 524 KB)
• Humane eindpunten
• Belgian research organisations unite in support of animal research

Belgian regulation

Regional regulation:

• • Flanders
  • Walloon region
  • Brussels Capital region   (link nakijken)
  • Decree of the Flemisch Government amending the Royal Decree of 29 May 2016 concerning the protection of laboratory animals and the Royal Decree of 21 November 1996 (pdf, 90 KB)
• Federal regulation:
  • Royal decree of 30 November 2001 prohibiting some animal experiments (pdf, 95 KB)
  • Law of 14 August 1986 concerning the protection and welfare of animals (pdf, 355 KB)
  • Royal decree of 29 May 2013 concerning the protection of laboratory animals (pdf, 3.5 MB)