European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes Online Version

Latest amending regulation of 2006 Online Version

For a legal perspective on the use of large animals as biomedical models at the European and national level also see: 

Müller-Terpitz, R. (2012): Large animals as biomedical models – a legal perspective. In: Hagen, K. / Schnieke, A. / Thiele, F. (ed.): Large animals as biomedical models: Ethical, societal, legal and biological aspects. Graue Reihe Nr. 51 der Europäischen Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-technischer Entwicklungen. Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler: Europäische Akademie, 47–55. Online Version