People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation
PETA UK
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation (PETA UK) is a UK-based charity dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals.
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Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Per Clausen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
7 Nov 2025 · Discussing ECHA Revision and REACH
Meeting with Per Clausen (Member of the European Parliament)
6 Nov 2025 · REACH and ECHA
Meeting with Lena Schilling (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Jul 2025 · REACH and Animal Testing
Meeting with Per Clausen (Member of the European Parliament)
15 Jul 2025 · REACH og dyrevelfærd
Response to Evaluation of the Cosmetic Products Regulation
21 Mar 2025
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals UK (PETA) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the evaluation of the Cosmetics Products Regulation (CPR). As an Internal Market measure, the CPR is intended to harmonise the free movement of goods and protect human health by ensuring that products meet strict safety requirements. Notably, the CPR ensures the protection of human health through the application of non-animal methods, and there remains strong public and political support for protecting and strengthening the ban on animal testing for cosmetics, as evidenced by the successful European citizens initiative - Save cruelty free cosmetics: commit to a Europe without animal testing. As such, it is essential that challenges encountered in meeting the objectives of the CPR, particularly where those objectives may be compromised through other EU legislative requirements, be addressed with urgency. We recommend the following actions to protect and strengthen the cosmetics animal testing and marketing bans: Revise regulations to eliminate any loopholes that allow animal testing for cosmetics substances, including where testing is conducted to assess worker exposure. Strengthen commitments and resources to enhance environmental safety assessment of cosmetics substances without recourse to additional tests on animals. Increase investment in developing effective and innovative non-animal methods, noting that while this is a crucial step towards the phase-out of tests on animals for industrial chemicals regulations, it is not a prerequisite for the full implementation and enforcement of the cosmetics animal testing ban. Be transparent with citizens about the inconsistency of the animal testing ban with other regulations such as REACH and outline plans to resolve the issue. Full disclosure is necessary to support informed consumer choices and maintain public trust. Addressing these critical measures will restore Europes once-groundbreaking ban on animal testing, align with public sentiment and the European Parliaments original intent, and foster a progressive regulatory environment that promotes animal-test-free practices and innovation in cosmetics safety. For further comments please see the attached document.
Read full responseResponse to Commission Roadmap to phase out animal testing
9 Oct 2024
On behalf of the 1.2 million supporters of the European Citizens Initiative 'Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics - Commit to a Europe Without Animal Testing', we commend the European Commission for its commitment to phasing out animal testing in chemical safety assessments. The roadmap represents a long-term strategy that evolves in tandem with scientific progress and regulatory needs, leading to legislative changes. To ensure its effectiveness, we agree that the roadmap must incorporate specific goals and milestones that can measure progress over time, ensuring that short- and long-term objectives are met. These may include building on established baselines and metrics regarding animal use but should also incorporate wider objectives such as funding, change management, education and training initiatives, communication strategies and steps to enhance global harmonisation and acceptance of methods. While we recognise that specific regulatory needs are often the driver for requiring tests on animals, we remain optimistic that this roadmap will play an essential role in enabling legislation to keep pace with advancements in innovative non-animal methods for improving the protection of human health and the environment. Drawing from successes seen in the cosmetics sector such as the application of non-animal methods and Next Generation Risk Assessment (NGRA) for the assessment of substances, fostering industry-regulator dialogue, securing funding, and involving all stakeholders will ensure the success of the roadmap. Extending this approach to other sectors which heavily rely on animal testing, such as medical devices, will offer further opportunities for the adoption of non-animal methods. To strengthen multi-stakeholder dialogue and communication, a Roundtable event was organised by five NGOs: Cruelty Free Europe, Eurogroup for Animals, the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments, Humane Society International/Europe, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation. The event took place in Brussels in June 2024, with 41 participants from various sectors, including the European Commission, EU agencies, Member States, academia, industry, and NGOs. The main objectives were to explore key elements and workstreams for structuring the roadmap and to identify pathways for transitioning to a non-animal testing regulatory framework. Following the event, a flash report summarising the recommendations from the discussions was published, with a full report forthcoming. We hope the outcomes of this roundtable will help prepare the Commission for its upcoming workshop on 25 October 2024 and assist in the development of the roadmap. Additionally, we hope the insights gained will guide further stakeholder discussions and will serve as a reference for similar roadmaps or policy frameworks worldwide, aiming to phase out animal testing. The summary report from the Roundtable event can be found here: https://zenodo.org/records/13889254. While challenges remain in the full replacement of animal testing, the European Commission's roadmap is a significant step toward modernising chemical safety assessments. By aligning legislative frameworks with the latest scientific advancements, strengthening transparency, and fostering cross-sector collaboration, the roadmap can ensure the EU's leadership in both protecting human health and the environment while phasing out animal testing. We remain dedicated to supporting this transition and offer our continued collaboration to achieve a future free of animal testing. Please see the attached file for more in-depth comments.
Read full responseResponse to Evaluation of the EU Animal Welfare Strategy (2012-2015)
14 Jun 2019
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation (PETA UK) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s Roadmap on the Evaluation of the EU Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-2015. We have focused our response on the use of animals in experiments. Due to the character limit, our full response can be found in the attached document.
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