Brussels, 16/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 16 October, the European Commission announced that the Netherlands is facing an enormous fine for still having failed to transpose EU legislation on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes into its national legislation (Directive 2010/63/EU).
Despite several reminders to comply, this member state has still not fulfilled its obligations, although the deadline to do so was in November 2012. By referring the matter to the...