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European Commission
Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells - 7 April 2004 Directive 2006/17/EC implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for the donation, procurement and testing of human tissues and cells - 8 February 2006 Directive 2006/86/EC implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards traceability requirements, notification of serious adverse reactions and events and certain technical requirements for the coding, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells - 24 October 2006	Committee of Competent Authorities � Member States' participants list Summary of Meeting of Competent Authorities � 24 September 2008 Summary Table of Responses from Competent Authorities on the Transposition of the Directive � 4 November 2008 Proposal for a Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare - 2 July 2008 Stage of the procedure Meeting of Competent Authorities on Tissues and Cells, 27-28 May 2009 - Summary report -27- 28 May 2009 Report on the promotion by Member States of voluntary unpaid donation of tissues and cells - 16 October 2006	Commission Studies Consequences, opportunities and challenges of modern biotechnology for Europe- Emerging biotechnology applications in healthcare and agro-food, European Commission Joint Research Center - July 2006
European Group on Ethics	European Research Programmes	EU Member States
Opinion on the ethical aspects of umbilical cord blood banking � 16 March 2004 Press release (on the Opinion on the ethical aspects of umbilical cord blood banking) � 18 March 2004 http://ec.europa.eu/european_group_ethics/ Opinion No 22 - The ethics review of hESC FP7 research projects - 20 June 2007 Opinion N� 19 - Opinion on the ethical aspects of umbilical cord blood banking - 16 March 2004 Opinion n�16 - Ethical aspects of patenting inventions involving human stem cells � 7 May 2002 Opinion n� 11 - Ethical aspects of human tissue banking � 21 July 1998	Selection process closed Optimization of stem cell therapy for clinical trials of degenerative skin and muscle diseases	Latvia: Cell & Tissue Law Poland: Cell & Tissue Law Denmark: http://www.laegemiddelstyrelsen.dk under �V�v og celler� (Tissues and cells)� the relevant links to the transposed legislations can be consulted. Belgium: Law of 19 December 2008 on Human Tissues and Cells The Netherlands: Decree of 2006 on the safety and quality of human material Hungary: Decree on the transposition of Tissues and Cells storage
European Parliament	Council of Europe	Other Countries
Parliamentary questions EU human embryonic stem cell research, Written Question by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) , Peter Liese (PPE�DE) , Kathy Sinnott (IND/DEM) , Margrete Auken (Verts/ALE) , Vittorio Prodi (ALDE) , Anna Z�borsk� (PPE�DE) , Bernd Posselt (PPE�DE) , Johannes Blokland (IND/DEM) , Mario Mauro (PPE�DE) , Carlo Casini (PPE�DE) , Patrizia Toia (ALDE) , Sepp Kusstatscher (Verts/ALE) , Gay Mitchell (PPE�DE) , Maciej Marian Giertych (NI) and Iles Braghetto (PPE�DE) to the Commission - 31 January 2008 Stem cell therapy research, Written question by Alojz Peterle (PPE�DE) to the Commission - 27 November 2008 State of different types of stem-cell research (adult, cord blood, embryo, iPS cells), Written Question by Anna Z�borsk� (PPE�DE) to the Commission - 18 December 2008 Directive on human tissues and cells, Written Question by Peter Liese (PPE�DE) to the Commission - 28 March 2007 Organ donation and transplantation, Oral Question by Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou to the Commission - 5 June 2007 EU competence in the field of health, Written Question by Eva-Britt Svensson (GUE/NGL) to the Commission - 23 January 2008 Others MEP Heart Group	Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine � 4 April 1994 Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning transplantation of organs and tissues of human origin & Draft explanatory report - 24 January 2002 Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Biomedical Research � 25 January 2005 Recommendation Rec (2004) 8 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on autologous cord blood banks - 19 May 2004 Council of Europe Recommendation No R(94)1 on human tissue banks � 14 March 1994	United States : Overview of current US Cord Blood Legislation, March 2009� United States: News Flash about New Federal Legislation United States: News flash on new bill for US State California
Patient Advocacy Groups	World Health Organisation
International Diabetes Federation (IDF) European Federation of Associations of Families of People with Mental Illness (EUFAMI) International Society for Mental Health (ISMHO) European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS) European Patients' Forum (EPF) Health First Europe (HFE) European Institute of Women's Health (EIWH) European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)

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