Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 5 Purposes of procedures

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;

(g)

forensic inquiries.