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2024
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Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application (A9-0250/2023 - Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé) (vote)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, 25 million blood transfusions, 35,000 stem cell transplants and one million cycles of assisted reproduction are carried out each year in the European Union. These figures show how essential this regulation on which we are about to pronounce ourselves is. Ensuring the quality and safety of donations of substances of human origin is essential for the survival and recovery of many patients across the European Union. This regulation responds to real public health issues by guaranteeing the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation and non-marketing of the human body, the safety of donors and recipients, the strengthening of national collection systems to reduce the risks of shortages that affect many patients. I would like to thank my shadow rapporteur colleagues for their work and this collective work. I would like to thank my fellow Members for all their support and of course I would like to thank my staff and assistants for what is a further and essential step in building a health Europe.