Luy J. Animal Experiments – the Principle of Proportionality as Key Principle of Ethical Evaluation. ALTEX [CD-ROM]. 2010;27(Special Issue 1):181-184


Abstract

Since 1986 animal experiments in Germany may only be approved by the authorities if they are indispensable for a permissible purpose and the inflicted suffering is not classified as disproportionate to the benefits thereof. In order to verify these conditions, an ethical evaluation procedure has been developed, which – based on the Principle of Proportionality – fulfils not only bioethical but also legal requirements. The ethical evaluation procedure is performed first by the scientist applying for the authorisation, second by the animal experimentation committee of each competent authority, and third by the competent authority itself. Based on the outcome of the ethical evaluation procedure every year several applications are rejected in Germany.



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Link to journal: ALTEX - Alternatives to Animal Experimentation