Follow-up to the successful ECI “Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics - Commit to a Europe Without Animal Testing”

On 17 September, the European Commission published a call for evidence on animal testing in chemical safety assessments and Commission roadmap to phase it out.

The development of such roadmap is one of the commitments made by the European Commission in response to the European citizens’ initiative ‘Save Cruelty-Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’. The roadmap should include milestones and specific actions to further reduce animal testing and ultimately transition to an animal-free regulatory system under relevant pieces of chemical legislation.

The call for evidence aims to seek expertise on non-animal testing in chemical safety assessments and particularly submissions that synthesise the current state of knowledge in relevant fields. In addition, outreach to stakeholders continues through a series of workshops (in December 2023, October 2024 and May 2025).