council decis march conclus commun european convent protect vertebr anim experiment scientif purpos ec council european union regard treati establish european commun articl conjunct articl subparagraph thereof regard propos commiss regard opinion european parliament regard opinion econom social committe novemb council adopt direct eec approxim law regul administr provis member state protect anim experiment scientif purpos set common rule incorpor principl object main provis european convent protect vertebr anim experiment scientif purpos provis direct convent affect condit product place market product substanc develop involv experi refer provis contribut establish function intern market complet constitut chief object commun primat experiment scientif purpos carri risk suffer anim reduc primat experiment scientif purpos led catch primat wild avoid view suffer loss aris catch transport environment action programm aim take posit step reduct anim experiment year target stand formul achiev ambiti object commun step effort develop substitut method comput aid simul model pai attent work carri european centr valid altern method ecvam goal reduc experi anim achiev futur commun endors project encourag full uncompl exchang data anim experi prescrib unnecessari duplic experi avoid inter alia rule applic commun sign european convent protect vertebr anim experiment scientif purpos februari commun approv convent decid articl commun approv european convent protect vertebr anim experiment scientif purpos subject reserv respect articl thereof text convent set annex text reserv set annex articl presid council authoris design person person empow deposit instrument approv convent secretari gener council europ provid articl convent deposit instrument approv design person person accord articl convent make reserv set annex decis articl decis publish offici journal european commun brussel march council presid meacher oj oj oj oj oj