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Notes
1. The Commission has indicated that a consultation process is currently underway concerning organ transplantation (COM (2004) 80 final: 4). In the absence of any current legislative proposals in this area, EU regulation of human organs will not be examined further in this article.
2. Under Article 29, there is provision for further technical requirements to be adopted in relation to the donation process. This has already resulted in a further Commission Directive on the matter (2004/33/EC of 22//3/2004, OJ L 91, 30/3/2004).
3. A definition of ‘voluntary, unpaid (or non‐remunerated) blood donation’ is provided in paragraph 9(d) of Council Recommendation 98/463/EC of 29/6/98 (OJ L 203, 21/7/98): a person who gives blood, plasma or cellular components of his/her own free will and receives no payment for it, either in the form of cash or in kind which could be considered a substitute for money. This would include time off work other than that reasonably needed for the donation and travel. Small tokens, refreshments and reimbursements of direct travel costs are compatible with such method of donation.
4. In the UK, The Human and Embryology Fertility Authority (Disclosure of Donor Information) Regulations 2004 (2004/1511)), which came into effect on 1st April 2005, permits limited disclosure of identifying information to adults 18 years or over who were conceived as a result of gametes donation.