Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee (AEEC)
The Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee is involved in drawing up the research policy on animal experimentation which is adopted by the Board of Governors. It examines and delivers an opinion on projects that use animals for scientific purposes. The AEEC must ensure that the use of animals for research and teaching at the University is compliant with the amended Grand-Ducal Regulation of 11 January 2013 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes and the Act of 27 June 2018 on the protection of animals. The species concerned are those cited in the afore-mentioned Grand-Ducal Regulation, namely vertebrate animals and cephalopods.
For any planned experimentation, the AEEC ensures that the use of animals is justified, that their well-being is guaranteed and that the principles of replacement, reduction and refinement (the “3 Rs”) are applied.
To this end, the AEEC delivers an opinion on any projects carried out at the University involving the use of animals for experimental or other scientific purposes.
Contact for the transmission of the applications:
- AEEC Policies
- New project:
- AEEC Project and amendment submission workflow
- Amendment:
- Minor amendment form
- Major amendment form (October 2022)
- Application for an amendment of the personal of project authorisation of animal experimentation (2023): to be used only when solely personnel is being changed!
- Guidelines to decide for major or minor amendments
- Guideline – To fill in the Major and Personnel Amendment Form (MoA)
- Score sheet:
- Request help to design a score sheet for your experiment(s)
- NTS:
- Access and download the latest Alures NTS template
- EU-Guidance Document: NTS
- Guideline – to use the ALURES portal
- Request an account for the NTS – ALURES portal
- Grant Application Information Sheets
- Directive 2010/63/EU
- Grand-Ducal Regulation of 11 January 2013 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
- Animal Protection Law from 27 juin 2018
- EU implementing decision for the NTS – Non-Technical Summary
- EU Frameworks for laboratory animal science:
- European Commission information site on Animals used for scientific purposes
- Luxembourg Veterinary and Food Administration (ALVA)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Viticulture (in German)
- NC3Rs website
- Humane Endpoints website
- ETPLAS – Education & Training Platform for Laboratory Animal Science
- EUSAAT – European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing
- Replacement Checklist
- Jennifer Behm, Veterinarian UNI & Chair of the AEEC (Category A)
- Djalil Coowar, LCSB-UNI (Vice Chair & Category D – Daily Care – Persons involved in the daily care of research animals)
- Theano Andriopoulou, Veterinarian UNI (Category A)
- Tony Heurtaux, FSTC-UNI (Category B – Scientific staffs with experience in animal experimentation)
- Maria Angeliki Pavlou, FSTM (Category B – Scientific staffs with experience in animal experimentation)
- Anthoula Gaigneaux, FSTC-UNI (Category B – Scientific staffs with experience in animal experimentation)
- Jochen Schneider, LCSB-UNI (Category B – Scientific staffs with experience in animal experimentation)
- Sean-Patrick H. Riechers, LCSB-UNI (Category B – Scientific staffs with experience in animal experimentation)
- Paula Souza, FSTC-UNI (Category C – Lay persons without any experience in animal research)
- Véronique Briche, LCSB-UNI (Category C – Lay persons without any experience in animal research)
- Georgia Kaprou, FSTM-UNI ( Category C – Lay persons without any experience in animal research)
- Maria Lorena Cordero Maldonado, LCSB-UNI (Category D Daily Care – Persons involved in the daily care of research animals)
Secretary: Carole Daguillon
The AEEC meets every month. Please find below the dates of the committee meeting:
- 28 January 2025 deadline for submissions: 7 January, noon
- 25 February 2025 deadline for submissions: 4 February, noon
- 25 March 2025 deadline for submissions: 4 March, noon
- 29 April 2025 deadline for submissions: 1 April, noon
- 27 May 2025 deadline for submissions: 6 May, noon
- 24 June 2025 deadline for submissions: 3 June, noon
- 15 July 2025 deadline for submissions: 2 July, noon
- 26 August 2025 deadline for submissions: 5 August, noon
- 30 September 2025 deadline for submissions: 9 September, noon
- 28 October 2025 deadline for submissions: 7 October, noon
- 25 November 2025 deadline for submissions: 4 November, noon
- 16 December 2025 deadline for submissions: 30 November, noon
Please find below the dates of the committee meeting in 2026:
- 27 January 2026 deadline for submissions: 6 January, noon
- 24 February 2026 deadline for submissions: 3 February, noon
- 24 March 2026 deadline for submissions: 3 March, noon
- 28 April 2026 deadline for submissions: 7 April, noon
- 19 May 2026 deadline for submissions: 28 April, noon
- 30 June 2026 deadline for submissions: 9 June, noon
- 10 July 2026 deadline for submissions: 24 June, noon
- 29 September 2026 deadline for submissions: 18 August, noon- (Due to the summer vacation time the review time is set longer than usual, this is to secure a review by all AEEC members)
- 27 October 2026 deadline for submissions: 6 October, noon
- 24 November 2026 deadline for submissions: 3 November, noon
- 15 December 2026 deadline for submissions: 24 November, noon