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"The measures recommended in this report will largely make it possible to prevent the sort of disasters that we have seen, particularly in France with the contaminated blood affair. We cannot avoid thinking about the tragic outcome, which has made such a deep impression on our minds.
We must, then, at European level, establish high standards for the quality of blood and for the safety of its collection, we must be strict about storage conditions and traceability, and we must lay down demanding rules for inspection and monitoring.
Blood is not an item of merchandise like any other. It is not ‘commercial goods’, and nothing must be allowed to make us depart from that notion. I remain firmly opposed to any commercial use of human blood, and I hope that all Member States will stand firm on the principle of voluntary donation without remuneration. On this subject, subsidiarity applies, but in addition to being a cultural issue it is also a question of ethics, ethics that are shared by many Europeans, and also a scientific issue. In fact, studies have shown that blood collected by voluntary, unpaid donation is of a higher quality.
In order to promote such voluntary unpaid donation, Europe should encourage all its Member States to promote this principle and should launch huge information and public-awareness campaigns."@en1
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