Law of 15 January 2015 on the protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes

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Acts referring to this act

• Repealing Acts: Law of January 21, 2005, on Animal Experiments
• Amending Acts: Law of March 11, 2004, on veterinary requirements for the non-commercial movement of companion animals and circus animals accompanying travellers and on the use of substances with hormonal, thyreostatic and beta-agonist effects
• Amending Acts: Law of January 29, 2004, on the Veterinary Inspectorate
• Amending Acts: Law of 21 August 1997 on Animal Protection.
• Amending Acts: Law of July 2, 2004 on freedom of economic activity
• Amended Acts: Law of November 21, 2025, on animal health
• Amended Acts: Law of May 12, 2022 on amending the law - Higher Education and Science Law and certain other laws
• Amended Acts: Law of November 17, 2021, amending the Law on the protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes
• Amended Acts: Law of December 10, 2020, on the organization of breeding and reproduction of farm animals
• Amended Acts: Law of November 22, 2018, on amending the law - Educational Law, the law on the education system and certain other laws
• Amended Acts: Law of July 3, 2018 - Provisions introducing the Law on Higher Education and Science
• Amended Acts: Law of 14 December 2016 - Provisions introducing the Law - Education Law
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of October 27, 2015 on the procedure for selecting experts participating in user inspections regarding animal experiments and the amount of their remuneration
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of 12 October 2015 on the marking of dogs, cats and primates
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of May 5, 2015 on the National Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments and local ethics committees for animal experiments
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of May 5, 2015 on training, internships and apprenticeships for persons performing activities related to the use of animals for scientific or educational purposes
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of April 29, 2015 on the list of animals of the order Primates not constituting offspring of animals of the order Primates bred in captivity
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of April 17, 2026, amending the regulation on experts participating in user audits in the field of experiments
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of November 19, 2025, amending the regulation on the minimum requirements that a facility must meet, and the minimum requirements regarding the care of animals kept in the facility
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of October 27, 2023, amending the regulation on the National Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments and local ethics committees for animal experiments
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of December 7, 2022, on the National Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments and local ethics committees for animal experiments
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of November 30, 2022 on training, internships and apprenticeships for persons performing activities related to the use of animals for scientific or educational purposes
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of 25 July 2022 on experts participating in user inspections regarding experiments
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of 29 April 2022 on the minimum requirements that a facility must meet, and the minimum requirements for animal welfare in the facility
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of December 24, 2019, amending the regulation on training, internships and apprenticeships for persons performing activities related to the use of animals for scientific or educational purposes
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of April 16, 2018, amending the regulation on the National Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation and local ethics committees for animal experimentation
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of December 14, 2016, on the minimum requirements that a center should meet, and the minimum requirements for animal care maintained in a center
• Legal Basis: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of November 4, 2015, on information concerning animals used in procedures and the procedure for transmitting this information
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of April 16, 2018, amending the regulation on the National Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation and local ethics committees for animal experimentation
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of May 5, 2015 on training, internships and apprenticeships for persons performing activities related to the use of animals for scientific or educational purposes
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of April 17, 2026, amending the regulation on experts participating in user audits in the field of experiments
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of April 29, 2015 on the list of animals of the order Primates not constituting offspring of animals of the order Primates bred in captivity
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of December 24, 2019, amending the regulation on training, internships and apprenticeships for persons performing activities related to the use of animals for scientific or educational purposes
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of 29 April 2022 on the minimum requirements that a facility must meet, and the minimum requirements for animal welfare in the facility
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of 25 July 2022 on experts participating in user inspections regarding experiments
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of November 30, 2022 on training, internships and apprenticeships for persons performing activities related to the use of animals for scientific or educational purposes
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of December 14, 2016, on the minimum requirements that a center should meet, and the minimum requirements for animal care maintained in a center
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of November 4, 2015, on information concerning animals used in procedures and the procedure for transmitting this information
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of December 7, 2022, on the National Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments and local ethics committees for animal experiments
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of October 27, 2015 on the procedure for selecting experts participating in user inspections regarding animal experiments and the amount of their remuneration
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of 12 October 2015 on the marking of dogs, cats and primates
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of October 27, 2023, amending the regulation on the National Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments and local ethics committees for animal experiments
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of May 5, 2015 on the National Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments and local ethics committees for animal experiments
• Legal Basis from Art.: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of November 19, 2025, amending the regulation on the minimum requirements that a facility must meet, and the minimum requirements regarding the care of animals kept in the facility
• Consolidated Text for an Act: Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of January 27, 2023, on the proclamation of the consolidated text of the Act on the protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes
• Consolidated Text for an Act: Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of June 25, 2021, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law on the protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes
• Consolidated Text for an Act: Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of May 10, 2018, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act on the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific or Educational Purposes
• Consolidated Text for an Act: Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of July 5, 2019, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Law on the protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes
• Repeals Resulting From: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of March 10, 2006 on the detailed conditions for keeping laboratory animals in experimental units, breeding units and from suppliers
• Repeals Resulting From: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of 20 June 2007 on the qualifications of persons caring for experimental animals and persons supervising these persons