Animals used for scientific purposes

Member State contact points for the PARERE Network (Preliminary Assessment of REgulatory RElevance) under Article 47(5) of Directive 2010/63/EU

Article 47(5) provides that "Member States shall nominate a single point of contact to provide advice on the regulatory relevance and suitability of alternative approaches proposed for validation." PARERE Network is hosted by the Union Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing - EURL-ECVAM (Article 48 of Directive 2010/63/EU) under Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. For further information please contact the PARERE secretariat at EURL ECVAM (JRC-ECVAM-CONTACT@ec.europa.eu).

MEMBER STATE	Ministry / Department	Contact point	E-mail address
AUSTRIA	Umweltbundesamt GmbH	Martin Paparella	martin.paparella@umweltbundesamt.at
BELGIUM	Scientific Institute of Public Health Toxicology Department	Birgit Mertens	birgit.mertens@wiv-isp.be
BULGARIA			Awaiting nomination and /or consent for publication
CYPRUS			Awaiting nomination and /or consent for publication
CZECH REPUBLIC	National Institute of Public Health	Kristina Kejlova	kejlova@szu.cz
DENMARK	Environmental Protection Agency	Marie Louise Holmer	mlh@mst.dk
ESTONIA			Awaiting nomination and /or consent for publication
FINLAND	FICAM Medical School	Tuula Heinonen	tuula.heinonen@uta.fi
FRANCE	Ministry of Sustainable development	Emilie Brisorgueil	emilie.brisorgueil@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
FRANCE	Ministry for Education and Research	Virginie Vallet-Erdtmann	virginie.vallet-ersdtmann@recherche.gouv.fr
GERMANY	ZEBET	Bundesinstitut fur Risikoberwertung ZEBET Alternativmethoden zu Tierversuchen	zebet@bfr.bund.de
GREECE	General Chemical State Laboratory Division of Environment, Section B	Aglaia Koutsodumou	environment@gcsl.gr
HUNGARY	Ministry of Rural Development, Department of Food Chain Control	Krisztián Harsányi, Animal Welfare Referent	krisztian.harsanyi@vm.gov.hu
IRELAND	Irish Medicines Board	Emma Carey	emma.carey@imb.ie
ITALY	Italian Ministry of Health IZSLER	Maura Ferrari	maura.ferrari@izsler.it
ITALY	Italian Ministry of Health	Emma Di Consiglio	Emma.diconsiglio@iss.it
LATVIA	Ministry of Agriculture	Liene Ansone	liene.ansone@zm.gov.lv
LITHUANIA	Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute	Petras Mačiulskis	pmaciulskis@vet.lt
LUXEMBURG	Administration des Services Vétérinaires	Georges Meyer, Vétérinaire officiel	georges.meyer@asv.etat.lu
MALTA			Awaiting nomination and /or consent for publication
NETHERLANDS	RIVM	Betty C. Hakkert, Phd	Betty.Hakkert@rivm.nl
POLAND	Krajowe Centrum Metod Alternatywnych do Oceny Toksyczności (KCMA IMP)	Maciej Stepnik	mstep@imp.lodz.pl
PORTUGAL	Ministéria da Agricultura, Mar, Ambiente E Ordenamento do Território Direcção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Divisão de Bem-estar Animal	Dr Ana Paula Martins	amartins@dgv.min-agricultura.pt
ROMANIA			Awaiting nomination and /or consent for publication
SLOVAKIA	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic	Zuzana Birosova	zuzana.birosova@land.gov.sk
SLOVENIA	Chemicals of the Republic of Slovenia	Petra Čebašek	petra.cebasek@gov.si
SPAIN	DG de Recursos Agricolas y Ganaderos Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino		ceeba@marm.es
SWEDEN	Swedish Centre of Animal Welfare	Mats Sjöquist	mats.sjoquist@slu.se
UNITED KINGDOM	NC3Rs	Dr Vicky Robinson	vicky.robinson@nc3rs.org.uk