§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any Community-wide procedures have yet been adopted for the validation of new animal scientific procedures or the validation of new products.
§ Mr. ForthI have been asked to reply.
The European Community has no standard validation procedures for new animal scientific procedures. It has adopted animal scientific procedures for the testing of chemical substances which have been validated under the auspices of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The Community's National Coordination Committee for testing methods oversees all testing methods.
The sixth amendment to the European Community's dangerous substances directive established a notification scheme for new chemical substances which entails the collection and scrutiny of data on such substances.