Legislation

Greek legislation: The facility operates in accordance with the Presidential Degree 160/1991 in harmonization with European Directive 1986/609/EECand secondly the structure and function of facility is in line with the FELASA recommendation. The Animal House Lab is in conformity with the requirements of the Standard ELOT EN ISO 9001:2000. Law No 2015/1992 (Governmental Gazette No A’ 30) applicable in Greece, which is the implementation of the European Convention concerning the protection of vertebrates used in experimental or other scientific purposes. Presidential Decree No 184/1996 (Governmental Gazette No A’ 137) applicable in Greece, which is the implementation of the EC Directive 92/65 concerning the conditions of Market of various animal species within the European Union. The part applicable to experimental units is the Annex III of the Decree referring to the hygiene conditions and the necessary health controls by the local authorities in order to issue and preserve the licence of them. The Revised Ministerial Decision No 96287/1893/13-12-1995 regulating the release into the environment of genetically modified organisms, which is the implementation of the EEC Directive 90/219/EEC/23.04.1990, as amended by the EC Directive 94/51/EEC/07.11.1994. EU recommendation 2007/526 related to the orientation for housing and caretaking of animals used for experiments and other scientific directions. Each license is accompanied by an institutional ethical committee approval. Please note that currently the institutional ethical committee (IACUC) is comprised by the veterinarian (Dr. Kamber Marie, DVM) , a researcher (Dr. Eleni Douni), the head of the financial department (Mrs Georgia Agellena) and the Mr. Petros Skouloudis.   Download the current guidelines for housing and care of lab animals (revised Appendix A of the Council of Europe Convention ETS 123)