6 Amendments of Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ related to 2007/2210(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas although current estimates put organ trafficking at a relatively low level among all forms of trafficking, trafficking in organs and tissues is becoming an increasing global problem which occurs within and across national borders and is demand driven (estimation of 150-250 cases/year in Europehe commercialisation of transplants and transplant tourism is a growing phenomenon involving the exploitation of the citizens of less-favoured countries by those from more powerful countries (including the EU Member States);
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to prepare a legal framework on safety and quality for donation and transplantation, and calls for minimum standards of requirements to be defined in a flexible manner, bearing in mind that transplantation could be a lifesaving treatment for the patient, in which case even a higher riskrisk level higher than that for tissues and cells can be accepted;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the practice of organ and tissue trafficking should be universally banned, including the transplantation of organs and tissues from executed prisoners, minors or the mentally handicapped;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges Member States, where necessary, to amend their criminal codes to ensure that those responsible for organ trafficking are adequately prosecuted, including sanctions for medical staff involved in transplantation of organs obtained from trafficking, while making every effort to discourage potential recipients from seeking trafficked organs and tissues; this should include, in third countries, the criminal responsibility of European citizens who have purchased organs inside or outside the Union;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses importance of financing organ procurement and transplantation under a separdedicated budget line, so as not to make transplantation a disincentive for hospitals;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration the further development and expansion of the existing European web- page on organ donation www.eurodonor.org (and/or www.eurocet.org), as well as that of the WHO (www.transplant-observatory.org), on all EU Member States in all official EU languages, with the aim to provide all relevant information and data on organ donation and transplantation.