
Article 1 
Paragraph 3 of Article 2 of Decision 2009/719/EC is replaced by the following:
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3. By way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 1, from 1 January 2013 Member States listed in the Annex may decide not to test animals in the subpopulation referred to in that point.'
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 February 2013.
For the Commission
Tonio BORG
Member of the Commission