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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Mr Robert Evans for his report. He has addressed a very important issue, and the activities of the criminal gangs engaged in the trafficking of human organs are one of the worst examples of organised crime. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy supports the Greek initiative, and we have raised a number of additional points, the majority of which have been accepted by the lead committee. Our primary concern is to make the impacts on public health even clearer than in the proposal by the Greek Presidency.
Secondly, in this context, we also see a connection with legislation which we are currently negotiating with the Commission and the Council, and which deals with the issue of quality and safety of cells and tissues. Here too, Parliament voted by a large majority to reject any trade in unmodified cells and tissues. Unlike the Commission and the Council, we believe that there is a legal basis here too so that we can discuss this issue, in part, in the codecision procedure. The committee made this very clear once again. I agree with the rapporteur and do not share the opinion of the Commissioner as regards the exceptions. We should not allow for any exceptions in this text. As a matter of principle, all types of trade in cells and tissues should be punishable by law. However, we need more precise provisions here, and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy submitted a motion, which, unfortunately, the lead committee rejected. Nonetheless, we will table it on behalf of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats again tomorrow for a vote. We would like to make a clear distinction. We believe that whenever financial gain is involved, the trade in organs and unmodified cells and tissues should be banned. However, I emphasise the phrase ‘unmodified cells and tissues’, because if drugs are produced from cells and tissues, then of course the investments made by industry in these drugs have to be refinanced, and for this reason, we need to provide for the opportunity for these products to be sold. I would therefore ask you to support Amendment No 49 tabled by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats for the purposes of clarification."@en1
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