This Regulation lays down rules for the establishment of ethical standards for the methods and equipment used in operations such as scientific research, testing, and education; and establishment, duties and working principles and procedures of the central and local Ethics Committee on Animal Experimentation. This Regulation shall not apply to non-experimental agricultural practices; non-experimental clinical veterinary practices; veterinary clinical trials required for the marketing authorization of a veterinary medicinal product; practices undertaken for the purposes of recognized animal husbandry; and practices undertaken for the primary purpose of identification of an animal. Procedures may be carried out for the following purposes only: (a) basic research; (b) translational or applied research with any of the following aims: (i) the avoidance, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of disease, ill-health or other abnormality or their effects in human beings, animals or plants; (ii) the assessment, detection, regulation or modification of physiological conditions in human beings, animals or plants; or (iii) the welfare of animals and the improvement of the production conditions for animals reared for agricultural purposes; (c) for any of the aims in point (b) in the development, manufacture or testing of the quality, effectiveness and safety of drugs, foodstuffs and feed-stuffs and other substances or products; (d) protection of the natural environment in the interests of the health or welfare of human beings or animals; (e) research aimed at preservation of the species; (f) higher education, or training for the acquisition, maintenance or improvement of vocational skills; and (g) forensic inquiries. This Regulation is drafted in line with the Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.
Türkiye · 2014-02-15