Roadmap for phasing out animal testing in chemical safety assessments: second workshop

A second workshop on the roadmap towards phasing out animal testing for chemical safety assessments will take place on Friday 25 October 2024. 

To register, you need to first create an EU Login account.

Once you have created an account, you can sign up to attend the conference.

The deadline to register is 11 October. Please note that there is no entrance fee for this event. See our agenda for more details. You can find further information in

• Pre-reading for the conference
• Background document on Session 3
• Posters about non-animal testing initiatives
• Introduction to ASPA

The workshop is a follow up from the first event held in December 2023 The first workshop was held following the Communication from the Commission on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Save cruelty-free cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing”.

In this communication, the Commission committed to developing a "roadmap towards ultimately phasing out animal testing for chemical safety assessments." This roadmap will outline milestones and specific actions that would be pre-requisites for a transition towards an animal-free chemical legislation.