- Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (as amended with Article 6 of Regulation EU 2019/2010)
- Regulation EU 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (last amended in 2023)
- Directive 92/43/EU on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (last amended in 2025)
- Directive 97/62/EU adapting to technical and scientific progress Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora
- Council of Europe European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals (ETS No. 125), 1987
- Council of Europe European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes (ETS No. 123), 1986 and Protocol of amendment to the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes, 1998
- Council of Europe European Convention for the Protection of Animals for Slaughter (ETS No. 102), 1979
- Council of Europe Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (ETS No. 104) - Bern Convention, 1982