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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

(29) As a general principle, the identity of the recipient(s) should not be disclosed to the donor or his/her family and vice versa, without prejudice to legislation in force in Member States on the conditions of disclosure, which could authorise in exceptional cases, notably in the case of gametes donation, the lifting of donor anonymity.

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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.