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"Mr President, half of the Member States face a regular shortage of human tissues and cells, especially bone marrow and tissues such as cornea and skin. It is extremely important from an ethical perspective to ensure adequate donations of the tissues and cells needed for medical purposes. This is a sensitive issue.
Donation should be voluntary and anonymous. Payments for donation should be carefully defined, and should be limited to reimbursement of the costs associated with donation, such as health care costs. It should also be governed by protective legal and ethical principles which respect the integrity of the person.
According to many reports, however, the principle of payment-free donation is repeatedly violated. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which is legally binding, prohibits making the human body and its parts a source of financial gain. Payment-free donation is therefore not only an ethical principle but is also essential for protecting the health of the donor and recipient, in view of the fact that if large sums of money form part of the donation process, donors might be motivated to take risks and might prevent risks from being discovered in their medical records."@en1
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