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Paragraphs in "European Convention For The Protection Of Vertebrate Animals Used For Experimental And Other Scientific Purposes" coded as SCIR

Label Provision
Pre.1 Preamble
Pre.2 The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,
Pre.3 Recalling that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members and that it wishes to co-operate with other States in the protection of live animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes;
Pre.4 Recognising that man has a moral obligation to respect all animals and to have due consideration for their capacity for suffering and memory;
Pre.7 Desirous to adopt common provisions in order to protect animals used in those procedures which may possibly cause pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm and to ensure that where unavoidable they shall be kept to a minimum,
Pre.8 Have agreed as follows:
Sect.1 Part I - General principles
Art.1 Article 1
Art.1.1 1. This Convention applies to any animal used or intended for use in any experimental or other scientific procedure where that procedure may cause pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm. It does not apply to any non-experimental agricultural or clinical veterinary practice.
Art.1.2 2. In this Convention:
Art.1.2.a a "animal", unless otherwise qualified, means any live non-human vertebrate, including free-living and/or reproducing larval forms, but excluding other foetal or embryonic forms;
Art.1.2.b b "intended for use" means bred or kept for the purpose of sale, disposal or use in any experimental or other scientific procedure;
Art.1.2.c c "procedure" means any experimental or other scientific use of an animal which may cause it pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm, including any course of action intended to, or liable to, result in the birth of an animal in any such conditions, but excluding the least painful methods accepted in modern practice (that is "humane" methods) of killing or marking an animal.
Art.1.2.c.ix A procedure starts when an animal is first prepared for use and ends when no further observations are made for that procedure; the elimination of pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm by the successful use of anaesthesia or analgesia or other methods does not place the use of an animal outside the scope of this definition;
Art.1.2.d d "competent person" means any person who is considered by a Party to be competent in its territory to perform the relevant function described in this Convention;
Art.1.2.e e "responsible authority" means, in the territory of a given Party, any authority, body or person designated for the relevant purpose;
Art.1.2.f f "establishment" means any stable or mobile facility, any building, group of buildings or other premises, including a place which is not wholly enclosed or covered;
Art.1.2.g g "breeding establishment" means any establishment where animals are bred with a view to their use in procedures;
Art.1.2.h h "supplying establishment" means any establishment, other than a breeding establishment, from which animals are supplied with a view to their use in procedures;
Art.1.2.i i "user establishment" means any establishment where animals are used in procedures;
Art.1.2.j j "humane method of killing" means the killing of an animal with a minimum of physical and mental suffering appropriate to the species.
Art.2 Article 2
Art.3 Article 3
Art.3.1x Each Party undertakes to take all the necessary steps to give effect to the provisions of this Convention and to ensure an effective system of control and supervision as soon as possible and in any case within a period of five years from the date of entry into force of the present Convention in respect of that Party.
Art.4 Article 4
Art.4.1x No provision in this Convention shall affect the liberty of the Parties to adopt stricter measures for the protection of animals used in procedures or for the control and restriction of the use of animals in procedures.
Sect.2 Part II - General care and accommodation
Art.5 Article 5
Sect.3 Part III - Conduct of procedure
Art.6 Article 6
Art.7 Article 7
Art.8 Article 8
Art.9 Article 9
Art.9.2 2. Appropriate legislative and/or administrative measures shall be taken to ensure that no such procedure is carried out unnecessarily. Such measures shall include:
Art.9.2.ax - either specific authorisation by the responsible authority;
Art.9.2.bx - or specific declaration of such procedure to the responsible authority and judicial or administrative action by that authority if it is not satisfied that the procedure is of sufficient importance for meeting the essential needs of man or animal, includ
Art.10 Article 10
Art.11 Article 11
Art.12 Article 12
Sect.4 Part IV - Authorisation
Art.13 Article 13
Sect.5 Part V - Breeding or supplying establishments
Art.14 Article 14
Art.15 Article 15
Art.16 Article 16
Art.17 Article 17
Sect.6 Part VI - User establishments
Art.18 Article 18
Art.19 Article 19
Art.20 Article 20
Art.20.1x In user establishments:
Art.21 Article 21
Art.21.1.a Mouse
Art.21.1.b Mus musculus
Art.21.1.c Rat
Art.21.1.d Rattus norvegicus
Art.21.1.e Guinea Pig
Art.21.1.f Cavia porcellus
Art.21.1.g Golden hamster
Art.21.1.h Mesocricetus auratus
Art.21.1.i Rabbit
Art.21.1.j Oryctolagus cuniculus
Art.21.1.k Dog
Art.21.1.l Canis familiaris
Art.21.1.m Cat
Art.21.1.n Felis catus
Art.21.1.o Quail
Art.21.1.p Coturnix coturnix
Art.22 Article 22
Art.23 Article 23
Art.24 Article 24
Sect.7 Part VII - Education and training
Art.25 Article 25
Art.26 Article 26
Sect.8 Part VIII - Statistical information
Art.27 Article 27
Art.28 Article 28
Art.28.2 2. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall publish the statistical information received from the Parties in respect of the items mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 27.
Art.28.3 3. Each Party is invited to communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the address of its national authority from which information about more comprehensive national statistics may be obtained on request. Such addresses will be contained in the publications of statistics made by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Sect.9 Part IX - Recognition of procedures carried out in the territory of another Party
Art.29 Article 29
Sect.10 Part X - Multilateral consultations
Art.30 Article 30
Art.30.1x The Parties shall, within five years from the entry into force of this Convention and every five years thereafter, or more frequently if a majority of the Parties should so request, hold multilateral consultations within the Council of Europe to examine the application of this Convention, and the advisability of revising it or extending any of its provisions. These consultations shall take place at meetings convened by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The Parties shall communicate the name of their representative to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe at least two months before meetings.
Sect.11 Part XI - Final Provisions
Art.31 Article 31
Art.31.1x This Convention shall be open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe and by the European Communities. It is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Art.32 Article 32
Art.32.1 1. This Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of six months after the date on which four member States of the Council of Europe have expressed their consent to be bound by the Convention in accordance with the provisions of Article 31.
Art.32.2 2. In respect of a Signatory which subsequently expresses its consent to be bound by it, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of six months after the date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.
Art.33 Article 33
Art.33.1 1. After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any State not a member of the Council to accede to this Convention, by a decision taken by the majority provided for in Article 20.d of the Statute of the Council of Europe and by the unanimous vote of the representatives of the Contracting States entitled to sit on the Committee.
Art.33.2 2. In respect of any acceding State, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of six months after the date of deposit of the instrument of accession with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Art.34 Article 34
Art.34.1 1. Any Signatory may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, make one or more reservations. No reservations may, however, be made in respect of Articles 1 to 14 or Articles 18 to 20.
Art.34.2 2. Any Party which has made a reservation under the preceding paragraph may wholly or partly withdraw it by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The withdrawal shall take effect on the date of receipt of such notification by the Secretary General.
Art.34.3 3. A Party which has made a reservation in respect of a provision of this Convention may not claim the application of that provision by any other Party; it may, however, if its reservation is partial or conditional, claim the application of that provision insofar as it has itself accepted it.
Art.35 Article 35
Art.35.1 1. Any Signatory may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply.
Art.35.2 2. Any Party may at any later date, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend the application of this Convention to any other territory specified in the declaration. In respect of such territory, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of six months after the date of receipt of such declaration by the Secretary General.
Art.35.3 3. Any declaration made under the two preceding paragraphs may, in respect of any territory specified in such declaration, be withdrawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary General. The withdrawal shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of six months after the date of receipt of such notification by the Secretary General.
Art.36 Article 36
Art.36.1 1. Any Party may at any time denounce this Convention by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Art.36.2 2. Such denunciation shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of six months after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary General.
Art.37 Article 37
Art.37.1x The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council of Europe, the European Communities and any State which has acceded to this Convention of:
Art.37.1x.a a any signature;
Art.37.1x.b b the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;
Art.37.1x.c c any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with Articles 32, 33 and 35;
Art.37.1x.d d any other act, notification or communication relating to this Convention;
Conc.1 In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention.
Conc.2 Done at Strasbourg, this 18th day of March 1986, in English and French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each member State of the Council of Europe, to the European Communities and to any State invited to accede to this Convention.