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"Mr President, I commend the rapporteur, Mr Liese, for his conscientious work on this very sensitive and technical subject. I know that he has consulted widely with the political groups in order to make his report as reflective as possible of the various concerns and opinions.
I commend the Commission for taking this initiative under Article 152. This is a relatively new area for EU legislation. It is important, as with the blood directive, to get things right. It is also important that actions taken in the medical sphere be properly positioned within the ethical framework. This framework must naturally take due account of national practices. The Commission is certainly aware of the speed and efficiency with which this proposal was dealt with in Parliament. I sincerely hope that the very helpful set of amendments proposed by the rapporteur on behalf of the committee will be taken on board.
There are a number of areas in which Parliament has clearly improved on the original proposal. As far as ethical principles are concerned, I welcome the more specific language to reinforce the principle of voluntary, unpaid donations of cells and tissues. There are clear public health risks involved in attracting the wrong type of donors through turning tissue procurement into a commercial activity.
I strongly support the reinforcement of the consent principle so as to give the maximum protection to donors. In this respect it is important that the use of aborted foetal tissue be excluded. Similarly I am opposed to the notion of creating human life for the sole purpose of harvesting tissues, after which this human life is to be disposed of. This would be in total violation of the concepts of human dignity and the right to life as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. I also endorse those amendments that exclude from the scope of this directive any cells or tissues that are derived from cloned material. This Parliament has repeatedly voiced its opposition to human cloning.
I want to ask the Commission when we can expect to see a proposal for a directive on organ transplants. I call on the Commission to give Parliament a commitment in that regard before we cast our vote on this proposal."@en1
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