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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Organ donation and transplantation: Policy actions at EU level (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080421.18.1-160"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-21-Speech-1-1612
lpv:speaker	lp:Edit Bauer2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, organ donation and transplantation is a sensitive and important issue, where good legislation, together with good practice, might save thousands of human lives on a yearly basis. Issues on the fragile line between life and death are really sensitive. It is hard to help with legislation, but it is easy to harm. That is why it is profoundly important to respect good practices in the Member States. On the other hand, it is vitally necessary to discover all those practices which cause lack of trust and transparency in managing waiting lists or lead to scandalous cases of misused loopholes in legislation. I would like to point out three topics in the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. First, living donors are mainly unrelated. In this regard, legal procedures should minimise the possibility of illicit organ selling. The question of reimbursement of the social costs of donors is still awaiting a suitable solution. Secondly, in those cases where international cooperation is included in the transplantation process, legislation should ensure rules as clear as those within Member States. Transplantation tourism raises new questions, as the Commissioner mentioned. How should we handle such cases? Thirdly, international cooperation in detecting cases of organ trafficking should be more organised and more serious, because hidden trafficking and its consequences can destroy the hopes of thousands of patients waiting for life-saving organs. On the other hand, European legislation on trafficking in human beings should also include organ selling and trafficking, even if it is still hidden but becoming an increasing global problem. I would like to congratulate the rapporteur and also the shadow rapporteurs and thank them for good cooperation."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2007-03-20--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Strana mad'arskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-04-26--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-03-22)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2007-04-26--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs"1 "Edit Bauer,"1

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