Written comments as follow-up to the 3rd EU Commission workshop on the development of a roadmap towards phasing out animal testing for chemical safety assessments

Following the discussions at the EU Commission workshop held at the EU Chemicals Agency in Helsinki on 16th and 17th June 2025, our organisations would like to provide the European Commission (EC) with some comments for input to the final development of the roadmap. We are building on our responses to the public consultations and surveys. We also note that we are concerned that the process seems to lack the proper involvement from EU Member States as well as independent scientists. This aspect also came up in the discussions in June in Helsinki.