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this project, all procedures will be carried out as humanely as possible and
strictly within the National Guidelines of the respective countries. National
licences from relevant authorities have been granted (eg Home Office, UK;
Ministry of Agriculture, NL; Ministry of Agriculture of Greece, GR). Mice will
be maintained under barrier conditions in which there will be minimal
possibility of infection and therefore no discomfort to the animals.
Research will be carried out with due concern for the
environment, in particular the disposal of all radioactive and chemical waste
generated during the course of the programme. European Regulations will be
strictly adhered to for the disposal of such waste. No release in the
environment of any genetically modified organism in this programme is planned.
We would like to emphasize on the fact that the non-invasive
techniques developed in this project will drastically reduce the number of
sacrificed animals necessary for addressing biological problems.
In particular, this Integrated Project conforms to relevant EU legislation
such as:
- The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU
- Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4
April 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions of the Member States relating to the implementation of good
clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials on medicinal products
for human use
- Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24
October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing
of personal data and on the free movement of such data
- Council Directive 83/570/EEC of 26 October 1983 amending Directives
65/65/EEC,75/318/EEC and 75/319/EEC on the approximation laid down by law,
regulation or administrative action relating to proprietary medicinal
products
- Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6
July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions
- Directive 90/219/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the contained use of
genetically modified micro-organisms
- Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12
March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically
modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC
It also conforms to the following the following international conventions and
declarations:
- Helsinki Declaration in its latest version
- Convention of the Council of Europe on Human Rights and Biomedicine
signed in Oviedo on 4 April 1997, and the Additional Protocol on the
Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings signed in Paris on 12 January 1998
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Universal Declaration on the human genome and human rights adopted by
UNESCO.
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