EU animal testing
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Parliament scheduled to debate proposed animal testing ban on cosmetics Jan. 15. Debate will mark Parliament's third reading of the Seventh Amendment to the Cosmetics Directive, but first time legislators have reviewed the proposal since Parliament and Council of Ministers reached a compromise on the text in November (1"The Rose Sheet" Nov. 25, 2002, p. 6). Legislation imposes six-year deadline for halt of animal testing for cosmetics or marketing of cosmetics tested on animals with a 10-year deadline applicable to three tests for which no alternatives are now in development. Ban would be contingent on development, validation of alternatives within Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Legislation contingent on approval by Parliament, Council...