A database has been set up to integrate the non-technical summaries of authorized projects (in application of article 43 of the 2010 European directive), in a standardized format: ALURES NTS.

The detailed content of NTS is set out in Annex I to Commission Implementing Decision 2020/569/EU.

A search module is available, with the following criteria: country, species, purpose of project, year of publication, language. A keyword search is also available.

This database is supplied by the member states: click here.

A more user-friendly layout has been produced for France by the experimentation-animale.info website: click here

As regards the publication schedule, Member States are required to submit non-technical summaries for projects authorized after January 1, 2021 within six months of authorization.

France began supplying it in early 2022.

As regards updating the NTS with the results of the retrospective assessment, it is important to know that the Directive provides for the possibility of doing so. The following Member States have transposed this requirement into their national legislation: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden and Finland.

France has not opted for this transparency measure. The European Commission points out, however, that even if France has not made this regulatory change, it is free to use the ALURES database to publish the results of the retrospective assessment on a voluntary basis.