08/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - Representatives of the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers reached full agreement on Wednesday 7 April on the main points of the draft directive on protecting animals used for scientific research. Rapporteur Elisabeth Jeggle (EPP, Germany) will present the results of the agreement to the EP agriculture committee on 12 April. In December 2009, the EP and the Council reached a compromise on the major political issues, but had to omit the comitology...