In France, legislation (principally the decree of October 19, 1980) requires an institutional and project license before testing on vertebrates is carried out.
An institution must submit details of their facilities and the reason for the experiments, after which a five-year license may be granted following an inspection of the premises.
A licence should not be granted if there is a "reasonably practicable method not entailing the use of protected animals" (Section 5(5) (a)).
[14] There are 29 qualified inspectors covering 230 establishments, which are visited on average 11–12 times a year in both announced and unannounced inspections.
All licensed establishments must have an Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body [16] (commonly referred to as AWERBs) which considers and monitors project applications for the site.
The SCJ (Science Council of Japan) formulated more detailed guidelines, also in 2006, to be used when institutions formate their local regulations.
[24] However, ALIVE Foundation conducted a survey of Japanese universities and research facilities in 2011, and concluded that: "There appears to be little consciousness about the use of animals in experiments.
To assess the consistency of approval decisions, 150 recent research proposals from these institutions were each independently evaluated by two different animal care and use committees.
[34]In response to the Plous study, a rebuttal letter to Science written by animal researchers, animal care staff, and members of professional research societies stated: That the masked protocols would be rated more negatively was predictable for the following reasons.
Third, participants might have felt scrutinized by researchers with an "animal rights" agenda, and erred on the side of deferral or rejection.
These factors make it almost impossible to compare the actions of the original and unofficial IACUCs and thus call into question the major premises and conclusions of this study.
[37] The inspectors also conduct pre-licensing checks for sites that do not engage in animal research or transportation, of which more than 4000 exist (e.g. dog kennels).
OLAW oversees all animal studies funded by the Public Health Service (including NIH).
OLAW does not carry out scheduled inspections, but requires that "As a condition of receipt of PHS support for research involving laboratory animals, awardee institutions must provide a written Animal Welfare Assurance of Compliance (Assurance) to OLAW describing the means they will employ to comply with the PHS Policy.
[42] Accreditation is maintained through a prearranged AAALAC site visit and program evaluation hosted by the member institution once every three years.
The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) is set up to act in the interests of the people of Canada to ensure through programs of education, assessment and guidelines development that the use of animals, where necessary, for research, teaching and testing employs optimal physical and psychological care according to acceptable scientific standards, and to promote an increased level of knowledge, awareness and sensitivity to relevant ethical principles.
At the inaugural meeting on January 30, 1968, the CCAC adopted the following statement of objective: "to develop guiding principles for the care of experimental animals in Canada, and to work for their effective application".
Where the government itself awards a contract on an academic or non-academic institution, clause A9015C of Public Works Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions Manual imposes conditions related to the care and use of experimental animals in public works and government services.
These provinces are Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
In 2005, the Universities Act and two other laws were examined by the Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Ministry (AAFRD), in hopes of combining them and update their content.
All institutions that use animals for research and teaching purposes have to submit to obey the system put in place by the CCAC.
Failing to do so, any harm done to an animal in a research or teaching program will be regarded as an offense under the Act.
The researchers must submit a written proposal to an AEC stating what is to be accomplished, a defense for the study, and the ethical and wellbeing of the animals used reflecting the 3Rs.
This sets out the policies and procedures that need to be adopted and followed by the organisation and its animal ethics committee.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)[50] administers the Act and leads animal welfare policy and practice in New Zealand.
The same decree also states that an electronic database be developed to allow breeding and research facilities to register in order to apply for CONCEA accreditation.