PETA Science Consortium International e.V.

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Overview

Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

Lobbying Costs

None declared

Financial year: Aug 2021 - Jul 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

4.75 Fte (11)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    PETA Science Consortium International e.V.   (PSCI)

    EU Transparency Register

    484576440734-93 First registered on 18 Dec 2020

    Goals / Remit

    PSCI was established in Germany (Registration Number VR 724927) as a result of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, in order to carry forward in the EU the work of the UK-based PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. (“PISC”, registered in England and Wales as company number 08312511 and transparency register identification number 83485908659-40). The goals, activities, and structure are essentially the same as those of PISC, as set forth herein. PSCI represents the interests of its members and their individual supporters. PSCI co-ordinates its own and its members' scientific and regulatory expertise to promote reliable and relevant strategies to reduce and replace the use of animals in experiments. Building on the previous work of PISC at the EU level, PSCI provides technical support to companies and researchers seeking to replace, reduce, or refine the use of animal tests, and advises its members with regard to providing financial support to companies to achieve this goal.

    Main EU files targeted

    • REGULATION (EC) 1107/2009 – Placing of Plant Protection Products on the market

    • REGULATION (EC) No 1907/2006: Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

    • REGULATION (EC) No 440/2008: Regulation laying down test methods (TMR) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006

    • REGULATION (EC) No 1272/2008: Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures

    • REGULATION (EU) No 528/2012: Regulation concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products

    • REGULATION (EC) No 1223/2009 Regulation on cosmetic products

    • REGULATION (EU) No 503/2013 on applications for authorisation of genetically modified food and feed

    • DIRECTIVE 2010/63/EU: Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes

    • European Union Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM)

    • European Partnership for Alternatives Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA)

    • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Test Guidelines Programme

    • OECD Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) development programme

    • OECD programme on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials

    Address

    Head Office
    Friolzheimer Str. 3
    Stuttgart 70499
    GERMANY
    EU Office
    Friolzheimer Str. 3
    Stuttgart 70499
    GERMANY

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    11

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%2
    50%4
    25%5

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    4.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    none

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Does not represent commercial interests

    Closed financial year

    Aug 2021 - Jul 2022

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

    Total organisational budget in closed year

    204,216€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Member's contribution

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    High Level Roundtable on the implementation of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability#E03757#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3757 #Member #C#Civil society

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    In addition to assisting research organisations and private industries in the development of best practices, PSCI has taken over PISC’s interactions with national and international regulatory bodies and standards organisations in the EU to ensure that opportunities exist to increase and harmonise the use of validated non-animal test methods. PSCI engages with a number of regulatory bodies, including but not limited to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) Stakeholder Forum (ESTAF). This engagement involves, for example, participation in expert working groups, submission of comments on regulatory initiatives and direct communication as appropriate.

    An area of primary concern is the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances) regulation. This on-going extensive project includes working with ECHA and the European Commission regarding the use of animals as a last resort, and liaising with companies to ensure they implement validated non-animal methods.

    PSCI works to minimise animal testing conducted to meet data requirements included in the biocides and plant protection products regulations.

    A significant objective is to influence international testing guidelines which determine the number of animals and the exact nature of the procedures to be used in globally standardised toxicity tests. PSCI works extensively on these guidelines through the International Council on Protection of Animals in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Programmes (ICAPO), and seeks to ensure the best possible science and animal welfare (using reduction and refinement strategies) and the widest possible integration of alternatives to in vivo test methods in OECD guidelines and programmes. This work is critical to ensuring that the OECD's international test standards for human health and ecological safety use non-animal methods and approaches. When working on behalf of ICAPO, PSCI scientists represent animal protection organisations from North America, Europe, Japan and India.

    PSCI and its members submit detailed scientific comments on a wide range of new test guidelines or those undergoing revision, thus influencing the development and validation of test guidelines from an early stage.

    PSCI ensures that information regarding the use of non-animal tests is accessible to all audiences by publishing technical briefs and articles in peer-reviewed journals, hosting webinars and workshops and by presenting at scientific, administrative and legislative conferences.

    In cases where promising in vitro techniques require additional development or validation in order to gain regulatory acceptance, PSCI advises its members to assist in providing funding.

    PSCI also organises training sessions to help scientists become more proficient with in vitro and in silico methods.

    Other activities

    In December 2020 PSCI was established in Germany, Registration Number VR 724927, following the UK’s exit from the EU in order to carry on the role of The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. (PISC), a UK company. PISC was registered as a company in November 2012 and prior to that, PISC functioned as an unincorporated association.

    PSCI will step in to take over the previous work of PISC at the EU level with a focus on the following EU initiatives:

    1) Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemical Substances (REACH) Regulation

    PISC and its members have been actively addressing the animal testing implications of REACH since it was first announced and PSCI will continue these activities through:

    • Extensive dialogue with ECHA, the European Commission and the Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP (CARACAL)
    • Participation in ECHA stakeholder events
    • Attendance at Member States Committee meetings
    • Engagement with stakeholders, including industry bodies, EU Directive 2010/63/EU and REACH competent authorities.
    • Promoting the use of QSAR, read-across and other non-animal test methods to meet REACH data requirements
    • Intervening in ECHA Board of Appeal cases
    • Engagement with members of the European Parliament, either individually or through meetings of the Parliament’s Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.

    2) EURL ECVAM Stakeholder Forum (ESTAF)

    PSCI will participate in the ESTAF and contribute to the validation process of in vitro methods through commenting on EURL ECVAM recommendations and strategies.

    3) Harmonisation Efforts

    Gains in one country or region are better served by assurances that those gains are meaningful elsewhere, including in the EU. PSCI compiles and publishes a list of validated alternative methods and coordinates efforts between countries to maximise harmonisation opportunities.

    4) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

    PSCI will provide extensive technical expertise to the OECD through the International Council on Animal Protection in OECD Programmes (ICAPO). This ensures that the OECD's proposed international test standards for both human health and ecological safety use non-animal methods wherever possible and implement 3R approaches. This work will include:

    • Participation in expert groups
    • Submitting detailed scientific comments on test guidelines, guidance documents, validation reports and detailed review papers
    • Attending the Working Group of the National Coordinators of the Test Guidelines Programme, which oversees the work of the OECD test guidelines programme.

    5) Directive 2010/63/EU on the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes

    In coordination with it members, PSCI will respond to consultations regarding to the use of animals in scientific procedures under Directive 2010/63/EU, such as those held by European Commission and the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks.
    Furthermore, PSCI will observe the Competent Authorities' Expert Group on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.

    6) Regulation No 528/2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (BPR)

    PSCI will work to ensure that tests on animals for the purposes of this regulation are minimised wherever possible through
    • Dialogue with ECHA and the European Commission
    • Participation in ECHA stakeholder events
    • Promoting the use of QSAR, read-across and other non-animal test methods to meet BPR data requirements
    • Intervening in ECHA Board of Appeal cases

    7) Regulations 283/2013 and 284/2013 setting out the data requirements for plant protection products and their active substances, in accordance with Regulation 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market

    PSCI will work to ensure that tests on animals for these regulations is minimised using similar approaches to those described for REACH and the BPR.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    1 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

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