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Mr President, we now know that the origin of our resolution was clearly unfounded, but we will use the opportunity to go back to the framework decision concerning the prevention of trafficking in human organs and tissues and combating this phenomenon. We would like to point out that Article 3 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights prohibits making the human body and its parts as such a source of financial gain. The removal of egg cells is not an insignificant procedure and requires major treatment that involves a great deal of pain. Also, when a woman is forced by poverty to sell her eggs, she becomes easy prey for organised criminal networks.
Egg donation, like organ donation as a whole, needs to be tightly controlled and monitored in order to protect people in fragile situations and prevent human beings from being exploited for their eggs. I regret that the Greek initiative framework decision concerning the prevention and control of trafficking in human organs and tissues has not yet been adopted by the Council. This framework decision prohibits commercial transactions associated with organs and tissues of human origin and also clearly defines the offences so that trafficking in human organs can be punished. The differences between national legislation create a favourable environment for criminal networks that exploit these differences.
We therefore ask the Commission what the existing measures are and what measures are envisaged to prevent a new form of exploitation of the female body."@en1
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