Monday, 22 October 2012 21:38

Cosmetics: ECEAE at the European Parliament Featured

At the 18th of October the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) presented about 240,000 signatures from the No Cruel Cosmetics campaign to the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament. The aim is to end the import and sale of cosmetics tested on animals in Europe. InVitroJobs was also resented.

The signature handover was preceded by a discussion at the European Parliament hosted by Chris Davies, member of the British Liberal Democrats and since the European elections of 1999 a Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) of the European Parliament. Dr. Nick Palmer, Director of Policy at the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), Dr. Irmela Ruhdel, head of animal experiments at the German Animal Welfare Association and Dr. Katy Taylor, Scientific Advisor at the BUAV defined the Coalitions` position  and informed about the replacement procedures to animal testing which are already available.




Large photo: Just before the debate in the Parliament. Host Chris Davies is standing right in the picture.
Small Picture in the middle: Chris Davies during an interview with Guilia Buttini (BUAV).
Small Right: Michelle Thew, Chief Executive of the BUAV, hands over the signatures to the Representative of the European Committee on Petitions. Photos: Christiane Hohensee


At the end of the meeting, Chris Davies was confident: "The cosmetics industry and others have made great advances in developing more non-animal methods. Despite some existing difficulties I am not convinced by the proposals to relax the sales ban in any way. We can find a way to solve the problem and in the meanwhile enhance the European cosmetic industrys reputation, set a global standard, and - of course - avoid unnecessary suffering of animals".