Activities of Katalin LÉVAI related to 2007/2210(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Organ donation and transplantation: Policy actions at EU level (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital Aa (new)
Recital Aa (new)
Aa. whereas there is currently no comprehensive European Union database collecting all necessary data on organs earmarked for donations and transplants or on living and deceased donors from the national databases/registries and international organisations of Member States;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there is currently no pan- European certification system certifying organ legitimacy and authorizing organ donation or transplants on a European- wide basis, and therefore preventing trafficking in human organs, commercialisation and transplant tourism;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that there is much promising research into transplanting animal organs, thereby avoiding using human donors in the future; asks the Commission to promote research into xenotransplantation;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch a pan- European database and communication network or to support an existing one in order to interconnect the national databases and provide them with a platform for the fast exchanges of comprehensive data on organ donations and transplantations and on living and deceased donors. suggest that the Commission creates a European certification system, possibly based on the communication network, to certify organ and donor legitimacy, counteracting the trafficking in human organs, commercialisation and transplant tourism;