Questionnaire for experts and organisations on the preliminary findings of an impact assessment of options for the revision of the Directive for the protection of animals used in experiments

The answers will be used by the European Commission to complete the impact assessment of the revision of Directive 86/609/EEC on animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes. An impact assessment aims at providing a transparent and rational basis for political decision-making. It consist of several steps: problem identification, data gathering, development of options for legislative changes, screening possible impacts of each of these options, gathering further information, refining the impact analysis and possibly refining the options. It is then for political decision makers to choose the best options in the light of their likely predicted impacts.