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Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells · European Union

(22) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles reflected in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union(9) and takes into account as appropriate the Convention for the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine: Convention on human rights and biomedicine. Neither the Charter nor the Convention makes express provision for harmonisation or prevents Member States from introducing more stringent requirements in their legislation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.