132It follows from those general provisions, which are to be construed in the light of recital 47 of the REACH Regulation, according to which ‘it is necessary to replace, reduce or refine testing on vertebrate animals’, that a registrant has, generally and therefore especially where ECHA issues it with a decision asking it to complete its registration dossier with a study involving animal testing, not simply the possibility but the obligation to generate information obtained by means other than animal testing ‘whenever possible’ and to undertake such testing ‘only as a last resort’.
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