Humane Society International/Europe

Humane Society International/Europe (HSI) welcomes the European Commissions proposal to revise and modernise the EU general legislation on medicines for human use. As an animal protection organisation, we support the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe as a great opportunity to leverage new technologies to better address patients needs while reducing the use of live animals in the sector.

Humane Society International/Europe (HSI) welcomes the European Commissions proposal to revise and modernise the EU general legislation on medicines for human use. As an animal protection organisation, we support the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe as a great opportunity to leverage new technologies to better address patients needs while reducing the use of live animals in the sector.

Humane World for Animals welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop a European Biotech Act as part of the broader Strategy for European Life Sciences. Among the identified challenges, the Act highlights the medical and pharmaceutical sector, as a key area requiring greater efforts to enhance EU competitiveness and sustainability.

Humane Society International (HSI) welcomes this opportunity to comment on the Inception Impact Assessment – Revision of EU legislation on hazard classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals. By ensuring that the EU regulatory approach for chemicals is based on up-to-date science, the EU can contribute actively to reductions in animal use through a robust implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU – but it is…

Humane Society International (HSI) welcomes this opportunity to comment on the Inception Impact Assessment – Revision of EU legislation on registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals. By ensuring that the EU regulatory approach for chemicals is based on up-to-date science, the EU can contribute actively to reductions in animal use through a robust implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU – but…

Humane World for Animals welcomes the opportunity to submit comments on the call for evidence concerning the European strategy on research and technology infrastructures. Research and technology infrastructures are key enablers of innovation, providing the facilities, services, and capabilities needed to conduct cutting-edge research, develop and validate new technologies, and accelerate their adoption.

Humane World for Animals would like to thank the European Commission for the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Union's Biocidal Product Regulation, EU BPR (Regulation (EC) 528/2012). Our organisation aims to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering to create permanent change, and advocate for a shift toward science-driven, non-animal safety assessment strategies for chemical management…

Humane World for Animals Europe warmly welcomes this opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions Call for Evidence regarding the Fur Free Europe European Citizens Initiative. We unequivocally support the scenario outlined in Option 2, which proposes a ban, after a transition period, on the farming in the EU of mink, foxes, raccoon dogs, and/or chinchillas for their fur and a ban on the placing on the EU…

Humane Society International/Europe (HSI/Europe) welcomes certain aspects of this proposal including the overall goal to support the FAIR principles for scientific data management and stewardship (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse) to make data available and more easily used across the different chemical legislative frameworks.

HSI welcomes efforts to improve and enhance the safety assessment of chemicals across EU legislation with the One Substance, One Assessment (OSOA) approach. We appreciate the ambition to centralize safety assessment activities for multiple regulatory frameworks within the European Chemicals Agency.

Humane World for Animals welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Commissions adopted act for a Regulation establishing the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). We strongly support the proposals objective to improve and streamline the Agencys governance and create a more sustainable and predictable financial system.

Humane Society International/Europe (HSI) welcomes this opportunity to respond to the call for evidence with regard to the revision of EU rules on textile labelling. As an animal protection organisation, our focus will be primarily on the failure of Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products to adequately protect consumers, particularly…

Humane Society International/Europe (HSI) welcomes the publication of the European Commission’s Roadmap on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. For far too long, civil society organisations like HSI have faced difficulties in challenging administrative decisions and actions which affect the environment and the animals within.

Humane Society International/Europe (HSI) welcomes the Commission’s proposal to revise the Environmental Crime Directive. Given the weaknesses in the current legislation and the disparities in its application by Member States, we are pleased that the legislation is being revised, rather than simply being amended.

Humane World for Animals appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft text of the Act on Active Substances. We acknowledge the efforts made to integrate scientific advances and updated procedures, such as the newly added Article 10 under Section 5 for active substances, that represent important steps toward reducing reliance on animal testing.

Humane Society International/Europe warmly welcomes the publication of the European Commission’s Roadmap for preventing illegal trade in wildlife. Although we already submitted comments to an earlier version of this Roadmap, we appreciate this opportunity to comment on this initiative once again in the light of more recent developments with regard to wildlife trade.

Humane Society International/Europe welcomes this opportunity to contribute our feedback on the Commission’s Roadmap on the evaluation of the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking. Wildlife trafficking is today one of the most profitable forms of transnational criminal activity globally.