Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/569 of 16 April 2020 establishing a common format and information content for the submission of the information to be reported by Member States pursuant to Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2012/707/EU (notified under document C(2020) 2179) (Text with EEA relevance)

For the purposes of the second sentence of Article 43(3) of Directive 2010/63/EU, Member States shall submit the information specified in Annex I to this Decision using the database established by the Commission in accordance with the third sentence of Article 43(4) of that Directive. The non-technical project summaries, and updates thereto, shall correspond to the templates laid down in Annex I to this Decision.

For the purposes of Article 54(1) of Directive 2010/63/EU, Member States shall submit the information specified in Annex II to this Decision using the database established by the Commission in accordance with the first sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 54(2) of that Directive.

For the purposes of Article 54(2) of Directive 2010/63/EU, Member States shall submit the information specified in Annex III to this Decision using the database established by the Commission in accordance with the first sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 54(2) of that Directive.

For the purposes of Article 54(3) of Directive 2010/63/EU, Member States shall submit the information specified in Annex IV to this Decision using the template laid down in that Annex.

Implementing Decision 2012/707/EU is repealed with effect from 17 April 2020. References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex V.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.