to make it compulsory to carry out ethical reviews and require that experiments where animals are used be subject to authorisation
to widen the scope of the directive to include specific invertebrate species and foetuses in their last trimester of development and also larvae and other animals used in basic research, education and training
to set minimum housing and care requirements
to require that only animals of second or older generations be used, subject to transitional periods, to avoid taking animals from the wild and exhausting wild populations
to state that alternatives to testing on animals must be used when available and that the number of animals used in projects be reduced to a minimum
to require member states to improve the breeding, accommodation and care measures and methods used in procedures so as to eliminate or reduce to a minimum any possible pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm caused to animals