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- on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application and repealing Directives 2002/98/EC and 2004/23/EC
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- on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application and repealing Directives 2002/98/EC and 2004/23/EC
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ChangedRecital 3: (3) As regards Article 168(4), point (a), TFEU, standards for the safety and quality of organs and SoHOs, blood and blood derivatives should ensure a high level of human health protection. Therefore, this Regulation aims at setting high quality and safety standards by ensuring, amongst others, the protection of SoHO donors, taking into consideration their fundamental role in the provision of SoHOs and for recipients, as well as measures to monitor and support the sufficiency of the supply of SoHOs that are critical for the health of patients. UnderIn accordance with Article 3 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, thesethose safety standards should be based on the fundamental principle of not allowingthat the human body toor its parts cannot be a source of financial gain.
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ChangedRecital 4: (4) Directives 2002/98/EC16 and 2004/23/EC172002/98/EC16and of2004/23/EC17of the European Parliament and of the Council constitute the Union’s regulatory framework for blood and for tissues and cells, respectively. Although these Directives have harmonised to a certain degree the rules of Member States in the area of safety and quality of blood, tissues and cells, they include a significant number of options and possibilities for Member States to implement the rules they laid down. This results in divergences between national rules, which can create obstacles to cross-border sharing of these substances. A fundamental revision of those Directives is needed for a robust, transparent, up-to-date and sustainable regulatory framework for these substances, which achieves safety and quality for all parties involved, enhances legal certainty and supports continuous supply, whilst facilitating innovation for the benefit of public health and the cross-border sharing of these substances. In order to achieve a coherent application of the legal framework, it is appropriate to repeal Directives 2002/98/EC and 2004/23/EC and to replace them by a Regulation.
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ChangedRecital 5: (5) Directives 2002/98/EC and 2004/23/EC are highly interconnected and contain very similar provisions for oversight and equivalent principles for safety and quality in the two sectors they regulate. In addition, many authorities and operators work across these sectors. As this Regulation aims to define high level principles that will be common to both the blood and of tissues and cells sectors, it would be appropriate that it replaces these Directives and merges the revised provisions into one legal act, taking into consideration the special characteristics of each oftype theof substances,substance, as recognised by the technical guidelines referred to in this Regulation.
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RemovedRecital 10: (10) When SoHOs are used in the autologous setting without any manipulation, processing or storage, the application of this Regulation would not be proportionate to the limited quality and safety risks arising in such a setting. When autologous SoHOs are collected and processed before being re-used in the same person, risks appear that should be mitigated. Thus, there needs to be an assessment and authorisation of the processes applied to ensure that they are demonstrated to be safe and effective for the recipient. When autologous SoHOs are collected to be processed and also stored, risks of cross-contamination or contamination from medical personnel, loss of traceability or damage to the biological properties inherent to the substance, and necessary for efficacy in the recipient, also appear. Thus, the requirements for SoHO establishment authorisation should apply.
AddedRecital 9: (9) All SoHOs that are intended to be applied to humans fall within the scope of this Regulation. Articles 53, 54, 55 and 56 of this Regulation should apply also to SoHO donations intended for research. SoHOs can be prepared and stored in a variety of ways becoming SoHO preparations, which can be applied to recipients. In these circumstances, this Regulation should apply to all activities from donor recruitment to human application and outcome monitoring. SoHOs or SoHO preparations can also be used to manufacture products regulated by other Union legislation, or as the starting and raw material thereof, in particular on medical devices, regulated by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council19, on medicinal products, regulated by Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council20and by Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council21, including on advanced therapy medicinal products, regulated by Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council22, or on food, regulated by Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council23. The criteria that define when SoHOs or SOHO preparations become products regulated under other Union legislation are not defined in this Regulation but are defined in those other acts. In addition, this Regulation should apply without prejudice to Union legislation on genetically modified organisms.
RemovedRecital 11: (11) When SoHOs are used to manufacture products regulated by other Union legislation, or as the starting and raw material thereof, in order to ensure a high level of protection and contribute to legal clarity and certainty, this Regulation should apply to the extent that the activities to which they are subjected are not regulated by the other Union legislative framework. Without prejudice to other Union legislation, and in particular to Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulations (EC) No 726/2004, (EC) No 1925/2006, (EC) No 1394/2007 and (EU) 2017/745, this Regulation should at least apply to the recruitment and selection of donors, donation, collection and donor testing as well as to release, distribution, issuing, import and export when those activities concern SoHOs up to the point of their transfer to operators regulated by other Union legislation. This means that close interaction between this regulatory framework and other related frameworks is essential to ensure interplay and coherence between relevant legal frameworks, without gaps or overlaps.
AddedRecital 10: (10) When SoHOs are used in the autologous setting without any manipulation, processing or storage, the application of this Regulation would not be proportionate to the limited quality and safety risks arising in such a setting. Furthermore, this Regulation should not apply where the handling of SoHOs toccurs during a surgical intervention within a sterile field or within a closed-system medical device. When autologous SoHOs are collected and processed before being re-used in the same person, risks appear that should be mitigated. Thus, there needs to be an assessment and authorisation of the processes applied to ensure that they are demonstrated to be safe and effective for the recipient. When autologous SoHOs are collected to be processed and also stored, risks of cross-contamination, contamination of medical personnel or environmental contamination, loss of traceability or damage to the biological properties inherent to the substance, and necessary for efficacy or functionality in the recipient, also appear. Thus, the requirements for SoHO establishment authorisation should apply.
RemovedIssuing is a step that takes place once a product has been released and after or in parallel to distribution. It allocates a blood product to a specific patient, thus making it easier to trace that product until it is used for transfusion.
AddedRecital 11: (11) When SoHOs are used to manufacture products regulated by other Union legislation, or as the starting and raw material thereof, in order to ensure a high level of protection and contribute to legal clarity and certainty, this Regulation should apply to the extent that the activities to which they are subjected are not regulated by the other Union legislative framework. Without prejudice to other Union legislation, and in particular to Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulations (EC) No 726/2004, (EC) No 1925/2006, (EC) No 1394/2007 and (EU) 2017/745 and Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, this Regulation should at least apply to the recruitment and selection of donors, donation, collection and donor testing as well as to release, distribution, issuing, import and export when those activities concern SoHOs up to the point of their transfer to operators regulated by other Union legislation. This means that close interaction between this regulatory framework and other related frameworks is essential to ensure interplay and coherence between relevant legal frameworks, without gaps or overlaps. / 1a Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC (OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 1).
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RemovedRecital 15: (15) This Regulation does not prevent Member States from maintaining or introducing more stringent protective measures that are compatible with Union law and founded on the principle of voluntary and unpaid SoHO donation. Member States should notify the Commission and the EU SoHO Platform set up by this Regulation of any such measures. More stringent protective measures put in place by Member States should be evidence-based and proportionate to the risk to human health, for example based on overall safety concerns and corresponding risks in a Member State or specific local risks. They should not discriminate against persons on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, unless that measure or its application is objectively justified by a legitimate aim, and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary.
AddedRecital 13: (13) Given the special nature of SoHOs, resulting from their human origin, and the increasing demands for these substances for human application or for the manufacture of products regulated by other Union legislation, or as the starting and raw material thereof, it is necessary to ensure a high level of health protection for donors as well as for recipients. SoHOs should be obtained from individuals whose health status is such that no detrimental effects will ensue for them as a result of the donation. This Regulation should therefore include principles and technical rules to monitor and protect donors. This is particularly important where the donation involves significant risk to the donor’s health such as where there is a need for pre-treatment with medicinal products, for example in the case of oocytes, a medical intervention to collect the substance, for example in the case of bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells, or a possibility for donors to donate frequently, for example in the case of plasma. As different types of donation entail different risks for donors, with varying levels of significance, the monitoring of donor health should be proportionate to those levels of risk.
RemovedRecital 18: (18) Programmes promoting the donation of SoHOs should be founded on the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation, altruism of the donor and solidarity between donor and recipient. Voluntary and unpaid SoHO donation is also a factor which contributes to high safety standards for SoHOs and therefore to the protection of human health. It is also recognised, including by the Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics24, that while financial gain should be avoided, it may also be acceptable to ensure that donors are not financially disadvantaged by their donation. Thus, financially neutral compensation to remove any such risk is acceptable but should never constitute an incentive that would cause a donor to be dishonest when giving their medical or behavioural history or to donate more frequently than is allowed, posing risks to their own health and to that of prospective recipients. Such compensation should, therefore, be set by national authorities, at a level appropriate in their Member State to reach such objectives.
AddedRecital 15: (15) This Regulation does not prevent Member States from maintaining or introducing more stringent protective measures that are compatible with Union law and founded on the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation. Member States should notify the Commission as soon as possible after their introduction so that the other Member States can be informed accordingly, via the EU SoHO Platform, of any such measures. More stringent protective measures put in place by Member States should be evidence-based and proportionate to the risk to human health, for example based on overall safety concerns and corresponding risks in a Member State or specific local risks. They should not discriminate against persons on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, unless that measure or its application is objectively justified by a legitimate aim, and based on scientific evidence and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary. In order to prevent any discrimination, it is appropriate to require that Member States report to the Commission any such measures that could constitute discrimination, in particular as several Member States have implemented restrictions against men who have sex with men in blood donation procedures. Member States should therefore replace donor eligibility criteria based on sexual orientation or gender identity with individual risk-based screening criteria for all donors, regardless of their gender …
RemovedRecital 22 a (new): (22a) For the performance of supervisory activities, competent authorities should ensure the impartiality and independence of the inspectors and provide them with induction training.
AddedRecital 16: (16) This Regulation should not interfere with national legislation in the health area with objectives other than quality and safety of SoHOs, where such legislation is compatible with Union law, in particular legislation concerning ethical aspects. Such aspects arise due to the human origin of the substances, which touches upon various sensitive and ethical concerns for Member States and citizens, such as access to particular services that use SoHOs. This Regulation should also not interfere with decisions of an ethical nature made by Member States and, in particular, no provision of this Regulation should be construed as imposing an obligation on Member States to use types of SoHOs that are legally prohibited in that Member State. However, decisions should adhere to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Such ethical decisions might concern the use, or limitation of the use, of specific types of SoHOs or specific uses of SoHOs, including reproductive cells and embryonic stem cells. When a Member State allows the use of such cells, this Regulation should apply in full with a view to ensuring safety and quality and to protecting human health.
RemovedRecital 24: (24) When there is doubt about the regulatory status of a particular substance, product or activity under this Regulation, competent authorities should consult with the relevant authorities responsible for other relevant regulatory frameworks, namely medicinal products, innovative therapies, medical devices, organs or food, with the aim of ensuring coherent procedures for the application of this Regulation. Competent authorities should inform the SoHO Coordination Board of the outcome of their consultations and submit a request to it for its opinion on the regulatory status of the substance. When SoHOs or SoHO preparations are used to manufacture products regulated under other Union legislation, or as the starting and raw material thereof, competent authorities should cooperate with the relevant authorities on their territory. This cooperation should aim to reach an agreed approach for any subsequent communications between the authorities responsible for SoHO and for the other relevant sectors, as needed, regarding authorisation and monitoring of the SoHOs or the product manufactured from SoHOs. Member States should respect the Coordination Board’s opinion on the regulatory status of substances. In order to ensure consistent decisions across all Member States with regard to borderline cases, the Commission should be empowered to, on its own initiative or at the duly substantiated request of a Member State, decide on the regulatory status of a particular substance, product or …
AddedRecital 17: (17) This Regulation is not meant to cover research using SoHOs when that research does not involve application to the human body, for example in vitro research or research in animals, except provisions regarding donor protection. However, human substances used in research involving studies where they are applied to the human body should comply with the rules laid down in this Regulation.
RemovedRecital 24 a (new): (24a) Health care personnel should be informed about, and trained in, patient blood management, as recommended by the World Health Organization1a. Raising awareness among prescribers could avoid the application of SoHOs where therapeutic alternatives are available. This practice can also contribute to the sufficiency of supply by ensuring optimum use of SoHOs. / 1a World Health Organization Resolution WHA 63.12, ‘Availability, safety and quality of blood products’, 21.5.2010.
AddedRecital 18: (18) As a matter of principle, programmes promoting the donation of SoHOs should be founded on the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation, altruism of the donor and solidarity between donor and recipient. Such solidarity should be built from the local and regional levels up to the national and Union levels, ensuring autonomy, spreading the responsibility of donation evenly across the Union population and ensuring that recipients receive appropriate treatments. Voluntary and unpaid SoHO donation is also a factor which contributes to high safety standards for SoHOs and therefore to the protection of human health, and increases public trust in donation systems. It is also recognised, including by the Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics24, that while financial gain should be avoided, it may also be acceptable to ensure that donors are not financially disadvantaged by their donation. Thus, financially neutral compensation to remove any such risk is acceptable but should never produce a financial gain for the donor or constitute an incentive that would cause a donor to be dishonest when giving their medical or behavioural history or to donate in any way that could pose risks, in particular donating more frequently than is allowed, to their own health and to that of prospective recipients. Compensation and reimbursement should under no circumstances serve an incentive to recruit donors, should not expose vulnerable persons in society to exploitation and should not lead to c…
RemovedPatient blood management has at least two advantages: it makes it possible to offer patients therapeutic alternatives that are less invasive than transfusions and ensures better management of the available blood supply.
AddedRecital 19: (19) In order to maintain public trust in SoHO donation and use programmes, information that is given to prospective donors, recipients or physicians regarding the likely use and benefits of particular SoHOs or SoHO preparations when applied to recipients should accurately reflect reliable scientific evidence and under no circumstances attribute or imply levels of safety or efficacy that are not supported by scientific methods. This should ensure that donors, or their families, are not coerced to donate by exaggerated descriptions of benefits and prospective recipients are not given false hopes when making decisions on their options for treatment. The verification of compliance with this Regulation through supervisory activities is of fundamental importance to ensure that, across the Union, the objectives of the Regulation are effectively achieved. The responsibility to enforce this Regulation lies with the Member States, whose competent authorities should monitor and verify, through the organisation of supervisory activities, that relevant Union requirements are effectively complied with and enforced.
RemovedRecital 35: (35) The EDQM is a structural part of the Council of Europe working under the European Pharmacopoeia Partial Agreement. The text of the Convention on the elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia (ETS No. 050), accepted by Council Decision 94/358/EC26, is considered to be the text of the European Pharmacopoeia Partial Agreement. Member States of the Council of Europe that have signed and ratified the European Pharmacopoeia Convention are the member States of the European Pharmacopoeia Partial Agreement and are therefore the members of the intergovernmental bodies functioning within the framework of this partial agreement, including among others: the European Pharmacopoeia Commission, the European Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO), the European Committee on Blood Transfusion (CD-P-TS) and the European Committee on Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Care (CD-P-PH). The European Pharmacopoeia Convention has been signed and ratified by the European Union and all its Member States, all of whom are represented in their intergovernmental bodies. In this context, the work of the EDQM on developing and updating guidelines on safety and quality of blood, tissues and cells, should be considered an important contribution to the field of SoHOs in the Union and should be reflected in this Regulation. The guidelines address issues of quality and safety beyond the risks of communicable disease transmission, such as donor eligibility criteria for the prevention of the transmission of…
AddedRecital 20: (20) Competent authorities should be designated by the Member States for all the areas that fall within the scope of this Regulation. While Member States are best placed to identify the competent authority or authorities for each area, for example by geography, topic or substance, they should also be required to designate a single independent national authority that ensures appropriately coordinated communication with other Member States’ competent authorities and with the Commission. The SoHO National Authority should be considered the same as the designated competent authority in Member States where only one competent authority is designated. The list of all SoHO national competent authorities should be made publicly available.
RemovedRecital 36: (36) The ECDC, established by Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council27 is a Union agency with the mission of strengthening Europe’s defences against communicable diseases. The work of the ECDC on developing and updating guidelines on safety and quality of SoHOs from a communicable disease threat perspective, should be considered an important contribution in the field of SoHOs in the Union and should be reflected in this Regulation. In addition, the ECDC established an expert network for the Microbial Safety of SoHOs, which ensures the implementation of the requirements on the ECDC’s relations with the Union Member States and EEA Member States stated in Regulation (EC) No 851/2004, regarding strategic and operational collaboration on technical and scientific issues, surveillance, responses to health threats, scientific opinions, scientific and technical assistance, collection of data, identification of emerging health threats, and public information campaigns related to the safety of SoHOs. This SoHO expert network should provide information or advice in relation to relevant outbreaks of communicable diseases, including those exacerbated by climate change, in particular regarding the eligibility and testing of donors and the investigation of serious adverse occurrences involving suspected transmission of a communicable disease.
AddedRecital 21: (21) For the performance of supervisory activities aimed at verifying the correct application of SoHO legislation, Member States should designate competent authorities that act independently and impartially. It is therefore important that their function of oversight is separate and independent from the performance of SoHO activities. In particular, competent authorities should be free from undue political influence and from interference by industry or other actors that might affect their operational impartiality.
RemovedRecital 36 a (new): (36a) The Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), established by Commission Decision 2021/C 3931a, is a Commission service whose missions include strengthening health security coordination within the Union during preparedness and crisis response times, and ensuring the availability and equitable distribution of medical countermeasures during crises. This service should be given an observer role that allows it to access information that may fall within its remit in order to prepare, prevent and respond to the emergence of any diseases that might be transmitted by SoHOs. To this end, HERA will work with the competent national authorities, other Commission services and the ECDC. / 1a Commission Decision of 16 September 2021 establishing the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (OJ C 393 I, 29.9.2021, p. 3).
AddedRecital 24: (24) When there is doubt about the regulatory status of a particular substance, product or activity under this Regulation, competent authorities should consult the relevant authorities responsible for other relevant regulatory frameworks, namely medicinal products, advanced therapies, medical devices, organs or food, and the SoHO Coordination Board (SCB), with the aim of ensuring coherent procedures for the application of this Regulation and other relevant Union legislation. Competent authorities should inform the SCB of the outcome of their consultations and submit a request to it for its opinion on the regulatory status of the substance. When SoHOs or SoHO preparations are used to manufacture products regulated under other Union legislation, or as the starting and raw material thereof, competent authorities should cooperate with the relevant authorities on their territory. This cooperation should aim to reach an agreed approach for any subsequent communications between the authorities responsible for SoHO and for the other relevant sectors, as needed, regarding authorisation and monitoring of the SoHOs or the product manufactured from SoHOs. Member States should respect the SCB’s opinion on the regulatory status of substances. However, in order to ensure consistent decisions across all Member States with regard to borderline cases, the Commission should be empowered to, on its own initiative or at the duly substantiated request of a Member State or the SCB, decide on the re…
RemovedRecital 37: (37) It is necessary to promote information and awareness campaigns at national and Union level on the importance of SoHOs. The aim of these campaigns should be to help European citizens to decide whether to become donors during their lifetime and let their families or legal representatives know their wishes regarding donation after death. As there is a need to ensure the availability of SoHOs for medical treatments, Member States and the Union should promote the donation of SoHOs of high quality and safety, including plasma used as the starting material for manufacturing of plasma-derived medicinal products. These measures support European self-sufficiency, based on the broadest possible donor base, with a view to ensuring a more resilient supply system. Member States and the Union should also take steps to encourage a strong public and non-profit sector involvement in the provision of SoHO services, in particular for critical SoHOs and the related research and development.
AddedRecital 26: (26) Commission experts should have the necessary experience and knowledge to be able to perform controls, including audits, in Member States to verify the effective application of the relevant requirements of competent authorities and of the supervisory activity systems. Commission controls should also serve to investigate and collect information on enforcement practices or problems, emergencies and new developments in Member States. Official controls should be performed by personnel who are independent, free from any conflict of interest and in particular who are not in a situation which, directly or indirectly, could affect their ability to carry out their professional duties in an impartial manner.
RemovedOverly frequent plasma donations affect the protein content of the plasma collected and could thus affect the quality of the donation. The more a system relies on a large number of donors, the less likely it is to be affected by external factors (such as the emergence of a pandemic) as the proportion of donors unable to visit a donor centre is, by definition, lower.
AddedRecital 27: (27) Since SoHO preparations are subjected to a series of SoHO activities prior to their release, distribution and issuing, competent authorities should assess and authorise SoHO preparations to verify that a high level of safety, quality and efficacy is achieved consistently by the application of that specific series of activities, performed in that specific manner. When SoHOs are prepared with newly developed and validated collection, testing or processing methods, consideration should be given to the demonstration of safety and efficacy in recipients by means of requirements for clinical outcome data collection and review. The extent of such required clinical outcome data should correlate with the level of risk associated with the activities performed for that SoHO preparation and use. Where a new or modified SoHO preparation poses negligible risks for recipients (or offspring in the case of medically assisted reproduction), the vigilance reporting requirements provided for in this Regulation should be adequate to demonstrate safety and quality. This should apply for well-established SoHO preparations that are introduced in a new SoHO entity but have been robustly demonstrated as safe and effective by their use in other entities.
RemovedRecital 37 a (new): (37a) The COVID-19 pandemic has had adverse effects on the resilience of the donor base in some countries, whose collection systems rely on a small number of donors donating more frequently than elsewhere. These adverse effects are particularly evident in plasma collections and imports. Member States are urged to develop plasmapheresis programmes in order to increase their collection capacity. This will make the donor base more resilient by expanding it as far as possible and, as a result, it will ensure the continuity of supply, including in times of crisis.
AddedRecital 28: (28) Applicants requesting authorisation for a SoHO preparation should use the Euro GTP II methodologies or equivalent tools to assess the risk level of their SoHO preparation. Applicants should share the results of the risk assessments with competent authorities when requesting authorisation. With regard to SoHO preparations that pose a certain level of risk (low, moderate or high), the applicant should propose a plan for clinical outcome monitoring that should fulfil different requirements appropriate to the risk indicated. The most up-to-date guidance of the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM, a Directorate of the Council of Europe) should be considered relevant in the design of clinical follow-up studies proportionate in extent and complexity to the identified level of risk of the SoHO preparation. In the case of low risk, in addition to the mandatory continuous vigilance reporting, the applicant should organise proactive clinical follow-up for a defined number of patients. For moderate and high risk, in addition to the mandatory vigilance reporting and the clinical follow-up, the applicant should propose clinical investigation studies with monitoring of pre-defined clinical end-points. In case of high risk, these should include a comparison with standard treatments, ideally in a study with subjects allocated to test and control groups in a randomised manner, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 536/2014. Where the standard treatment or control…
RemovedRecital 37 b (new): (37b) The loss of European sovereignty in the area of public health was thrown into sharp relief during the COVID-19 crisis. In this context, the initiatives for a strong Europe of Health should work in favour of European self-sufficiency, in particular as regards the supply of SoHOs and the ability to minimise the risk of shortages, especially of SoHOs for therapeutic use. Following the publication of the strategy for the promotion of European SoHO supply self-sufficiency, Member States should adopt national priority action programmes for donor recruitment.
AddedRecital 28 a (new): (28a) SoHO entities should request approval for SoHO clinical studies from the competent authorities, both in the context of the authorisation process of a new SoHO treatment or when comparing previously authorised treatments. In SoHO clinical studies, patients’ rights, safety, dignity and well-being should always be the priority and the clinical study should be designed in a way that leads to reliable and robust data and conclusions.
RemovedRecital 38: (38) In order to promote a coordinated application of this Regulation, a SoHO Coordination Board (SCB) should be set up. The Commission should participate in its activities and chair it. The SCB should contribute to a coordinating the application of this Regulation throughout the Union, including by helping Member States to conduct SoHO supervisory activities. The SCB should be composed of persons designated by the Member States based on their role and expertise in their competent authorities, and should also involve experts that are not working for competent authorities, for specific tasks where access to necessary in-depth technical expertise in the field of SoHOs is required. In the latter case, appropriate consideration should be given to the possibility of involving European expert bodies such as the ECDC and the EDQM and existing professional, scientific and donor and patient representative groups at Union level in the field of SoHOs. Other Union institutions, services and bodies should be involved as observers, in particular the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), the EMA and the European Parliament.
AddedRecital 29: (29) In the interests of efficiency, it should be permitted to conduct clinical studies using the established framework in the pharmaceutical sector for clinical trials, as set out in Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council25, when operators wish to do so. The commitment to publish the clinical results obtained should be a requirement for SoHO clinical studies. Whilst applicants can choose to record the clinical data generated during the clinical studies themselves, they should also be permitted to use existing clinical data registries as a means of such recording when those registries have been verified by the competent authority, or are certified by an external institution, in terms of the reliability of their data management procedures. The existence of a registry of SoHO clinical studies at Union level is critical to facilitate patient participation in clinical studies, to boost multi-centre studies and to foster collaboration to generate more robust results and conclusions, and to make such generated knowledge available to other researchers, healthcare professionals, participants themselves and the general public.
RemovedRecital 41: (41) In order to limit administrative burden on competent authorities and the Commission, the latter should establish an online platform (the ‘EU SoHO Platform’) to facilitate timely submission of data and reports, to make it possible to share the elements used to determine the regulatory status of a substance and to improve the transparency of national reporting and supervisory activities. The competent national authorities should be encouraged to use the EU SoHO platform instead of maintaining national registers, in particular to limit the administrative burden.
AddedRecital 30: (30) In order to facilitate innovation and reduce administrative burden, competent authorities should share with each other information on the authorisation of new SoHO preparations and the evidence used for such authorisations, through the EU SoHO Platform, including for the validation of certified medical devices used for SoHO collection, processing, storage or application to patients. Such sharing could allow authorities to accept previous authorisations granted to other entities, including in other Member States and to thus significantly reduce the requirements to generate evidence. Competent authorities should also share with each other information on SoHO clinical studies, via the EU SoHO Platform.
RemovedRecital 47: (47) The exchange of SoHOs between Member States is necessary for ensuring optimal patient access and sufficiency of supply, particularly in the case of local crises or shortages. For certain SoHOs that need to be matched between the donor and the recipient, such exchanges are essential to allow patients to receive the treatment they need.
AddedRecital 32: (32) Competent authorities should periodically review the SoHO entities registered in their territory and ensure that those entities that carry out both processing and storage of SoHOs are inspected and authorised as SoHO establishments before starting those activities. A SoHO establishment authorisation should refer to the legal entity, even when one SoHO establishment has many physical sites. Competent authorities should consider the impact on safety, quality and efficacy of the SoHO activities carried out at SoHO entities that do not meet the definition of a SoHO establishment and decide whether particular entities should be subject to establishment authorisations due to the risk or scale associated with their activities. Similarly, SoHO entities that have a poor record in terms of compliance with reporting or other obligations might be suitable candidates for authorisation as SoHO establishments.
RemovedRecital 47 a (new): (47a) The objective of this Regulation, namely to ensure quality and safety of SoHOs and a high level of protection of donors, needs to be achieved at Union level, by establishing high standards of quality and safety for SoHOs, based on a common set of requirements that are implemented in a consistent manner across the Union. Thus, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
AddedRecital 33: (33) With regards to standards concerning donor, recipient and offspring protection, this Regulation should provide for a hierarchy of rules for their implementation. As risks and technologies change, this hierarchy of rules should facilitate an efficient and responsive uptake of the most up-to-date guidelines based on scientific evidence for implementing the standards set out in this Regulation. As part of that hierarchy, in the absence of Union legislation describing particular procedures to be applied and followed to meet the standards set out in this Regulation, following the guidelines of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the EDQM should be considered as a means to demonstrate compliance with the standards laid down in this Regulation. Member States should be able to decide that SoHO entities should be permitted to follow other recognised guidelines, provided that such guidelines are based on the most up-to-date scientific evidence and achieve the same level of quality, safety and efficacy. Member States should be involved in both the drafting of and voting on those guidelines and should follow a transparent process of consultation with other relevant Union authorities and stakeholders. SoHO entities should be permitted to follow other guidelines, provided that it has been demonstrated that those other guidelines are based on the most up-to-date scientific evidence and achieve the same level of quality, safety and efficacy. In cases of det…
RemovedThis provision should apply throughout the text and not only to SoHO exchanges. For the sake of clarity, it is therefore recommended that recital 47 be divided into two separate recitals.
AddedRecital 35: (35) The EDQM is a structural part of the Council of Europe working under the European Pharmacopoeia Partial Agreement. The text of the Convention on the elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia (ETS No. 050), accepted by Council Decision 94/358/EC26, is considered to be the text of the European Pharmacopoeia Partial Agreement. Member States of the Council of Europe that have signed and ratified the European Pharmacopoeia Convention are also member States of the European Pharmacopoeia Partial Agreement and are therefore the members of the intergovernmental bodies functioning within the framework of this partial agreement, including among others: the European Pharmacopoeia Commission, the European Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO), the European Committee on Blood Transfusion (CD-P-TS) and the European Committee on Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Care (CD-P-PH). The European Pharmacopoeia Convention has been signed and ratified by the European Union and all its Member States, all of whom are represented in their intergovernmental bodies. In this context, the work of the EDQM on developing and updating guidelines on safety and quality of blood, tissues and cells, should be considered an important contribution to the field of SoHOs in the Union and should be reflected in this Regulation, without prejudice to the Union’s legal autonomy. The guidelines address issues of quality and safety beyond the risks of communicable disease transmission, such as donor eligibility …
RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1: This Regulation establishes measures setting high standards of quality and safety for all substances of human origin (‘SoHOs’) intended for human application and for activities related to those substances. It ensures a high level of human health protection, in particular for SoHO donors, SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction, and strengthens the continuity of supply of such substances. This Regulation is without prejudice to national legislation which establishes rules relating to aspects of SoHOs other than their quality and safety and the safety of SoHO donors.
AddedRecital 36: (36) The ECDC, established by Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council27, is a Union agency with the mission of strengthening Europe's defences against communicable diseases. The work of the ECDC on developing and updating guidelines on safety, quality and sustainability of SoHOs from a communicable disease threat perspective, should be considered an important contribution in the field of SoHOs in the Union and should be reflected in this Regulation. In addition, the ECDC established an expert network for the Microbial Safety of SoHOs, which ensures the implementation of the requirements on the ECDC’s relations with the Union Member States and EEA Member States stated in Regulation (EC) No 851/2004, regarding transparent strategic and operational collaboration on technical and scientific issues, surveillance, responses to health threats, scientific opinions, scientific and technical assistance, collection of data, identification of emerging health threats, and public information campaigns related to the safety of SoHOs. This SoHO expert network should provide information or advice in relation to relevant outbreaks of communicable diseases, including those exacerbated by climate change, in particular regarding the eligibility and testing of donors and the investigation of serious adverse occurrences involving suspected transmission of a communicable disease.
AddedRecital 37: (37) It is necessary and beneficial to all parties to promote information and awareness campaigns at national and Union level on the importance of SoHOs. The aim of these campaigns should be to ensure the broadest possible donor base, with a view to ensuring a more resilient supply system, and help European citizens to decide whether to become donors during their lifetime and let their families or legal representatives know their wishes regarding donation after death. As there is a need to ensure the availability of and equal access to SoHOs for medical treatments, Member States and the Union should support the establishment of public donation facilities and promote the voluntary and unpaid donation of SoHOs of high quality and safety with a view to increasing the collection capacity and autonomy in the Union. Member States are also urged to take steps to encourage a strong involvement of all relevant sectors, in particular the public and non-profit sector, in the provision of SoHO services, in particular for critical SoHOs and the related research and development.
AddedRecital 37 a (new): (37a) The COVID-19 pandemic can be considered one of the biggest health crises to affect Europe. It had adverse effects on the resilience of the donor base in some countries whose collection systems rely on a small number of donors donating more frequently than elsewhere. This crisis highlighted the vulnerabilities of the Union in very different aspects, ranging from the lack of coordination between Member States, which is essential to addressing such situations, to the Union’s strong dependence on third countries for the production and supply of raw materials and active substances needed for the elaboration of medical treatments. In the case of SoHOs, the pandemic drastically reduced the number of donors and exports from third countries, putting the Union in a situation of shortages of some SoHOs and patients at serious risk due to a lack of adequate treatments. In this context, the initiatives for a strong European Health Union should work in favour of European autonomy, in particular as regards the supply of SoHOs and the ability to minimise the risk of shortages, especially of SoHOs for therapeutic use. The lessons learned and the resulting measures taken at Union level should serve as a reference for the prevention, detection and resolution of future health crises. Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a lays down the guidelines to be followed for that purpose. To increase European autonomy in terms of SoHOs, Member States should be urge…
AddedRecital 37 b (new): (37b) In order to ensure autonomy and sustainability of supply of SoHOs, Member States should establish national SoHO emergency and continuity of supply plans setting out measures for cases where the supply situation for critical SoHOs presents or is likely to present a serious risk to human health. Such plans should include measures, including optimisation of use, that impact demand for critical SoHOs, targets to ensure autonomy of supply of critical SoHOs, donor recruitment and retainment strategies and arrangements for cooperation between competent authorities, experts and relevant stakeholders. National SoHO emergency and continuity of supply plans should be further supplemented by the strategy for the promotion of European autonomy in terms of SoHO supply and the SoHO entity emergency and continuity of supply plans, primarily focusing on supply monitoring, reporting obligations and sharing of best practices within the Union. Moreover, Member States should be encouraged to establish certain areas, such as transfusion medicine, as an independent medical subject with structured training, including medical specialisation schools and programmes for continuous medical education for all medical staff. Providing training and better information for the prescribers would reduce the risk of unnecessary application of SoHOs. Furthermore, as recommended by the World Health Organization, Member States should additionally support optimal clinical use of SoHOs, in particular where there…
AddedRecital 37 c (new): (37c) In cases where the availability of SoHO preparations or SoHO-derived products depends on potential commercial interests, such as some plasma-derived products, there is a risk of not having the interests of patients and research at the forefront. There could even be situations in which some products with low profitability are no longer produced, thereby hampering their accessibility for patients. Similarly, investment in research and innovation for this type of products could be very small or non-existent. Prices of SoHO-derived products, which are obtained from voluntary and unpaid donations, should be fair and transparent. For certain products with low profitability, Member States should encourage research and innovation and should ensure that such products continue to be manufactured.
AddedRecital 38: (38) In order to promote a coordinated and coherent application of this Regulation, a SoHO Coordination Board (SCB) should be set up. The Commission should participate in its activities and chair it. The SCB should contribute to a coordinating the application of this Regulation throughout the Union, including by helping Member States to conduct SoHO supervisory activities. The SCB should be composed of persons designated by the Member States based on their role and expertise in their competent authorities, and should also involve experts that are not working for competent authorities, for specific tasks where access to necessary in-depth technical expertise in the field of SoHOs is required. In the latter case, appropriate consideration should be given to the possibility of involving European expert agencies and bodies such as the ECDC and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The European Parliament, the EDQM and existing professional, scientific experts and donor and recipient patient representative groups and stakeholders at Union level in the field of SoHOs could also be invited. Other Union institutions, including the European Parliament, expert bodies, offices and agencies such as the EMA, ECDC and the EDQM, should have an observer role. All members of the SCB should provide declarations of interest, adhering to a high degree of transparency concerning its outputs. Members of the SCB, observers and experts should act independently, in the public interest and be free from…
AddedRecital 39: (39) Some substances, products or activities have been subject to different legal frameworks with different requirements in the Member States. This can sometimes cause confusion among operators in the field, and the consequent legal uncertainty can be a disincentive to professionals to develop new ways to prepare and use SoHOs. The SCB should receive on an ongoing basis relevant information on national decisions made on cases where questions were raised on the regulatory status of SoHOs. The SCB should monitor those opinions in order to react quickly and in an informed manner to further requests for opinions from other Member States, keep a compendium of the opinions issued by the SCB or the competent authorities and of decisions made at Member State level, so that competent authorities considering the regulatory status under this Regulation of a particular substance, product or activity may inform their decision-making process by referring to that compendium. The SCB should also document agreed best practices to support a common Union approach. It should also cooperate with similar Union level bodies established in other Union legislation with a view to facilitating coordinated and coherent application of this Regulation between Member States and across bordering legislative frameworks. These measures should promote a coherent cross-sectoral approach, ensure a high level of protection of public health, and facilitate SoHO innovation.
AddedRecital 41: (41) In order to limit administrative burden on competent authorities and the Commission, the latter should establish an online platform (the ‘EU SoHO Platform’) to facilitate timely submission of data and reports, to make it possible to share the elements used to determine the regulatory status of a substance, to improve the transparency of national reporting and supervisory activities and ensure better communication, collaboration and coordination in relation to, and exchange of, SoHOs between Member States. The national competent authorities should be encouraged to use the EU SoHO Platform instead of maintaining national registers, in particular to limit the administrative burden. Member States should also be able to utilize the EU SoHO Platform as a channel for national initiatives and campaigns to encourage the exchange of best practices. Such national initiatives and campaigns should be established in close cooperation with patient organisations, and aim to promote the need to maintain sustainable supplies of SoHO products. The EU SoHO Platform should also serve as a reliable source of information for the general public regarding the work of the SCB, national competent authorities and other expert bodies, including the EDQM, and SoHO entities and establishments. The online platform could be further used for the sharing of best practices between Member States with regard to initiatives, such as campaigns, to support the supply of SoHOs.
AddedRecital 43: (43) As the EU SoHO Platform requires the processing of personal data, it will be designed respecting the principles of data protection laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Any processing of personal data should be limited to achieving the objectives and obligations of this Regulation. Access to the EU SoHO Platform should be limited to the extent necessary to carry out supervisory activities provided for in this Regulation.
AddedRecital 44: (44) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in particular human dignity, the integrity of the person and the prohibition of making the human body and its parts a source of financial gain, the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of their personal data, the freedom of art and science and to conduct business, non-discrimination, the right to health protection and access to health care, and the rights of the child. To achieve these aims, all supervisory and SoHO activities should always be carried out in a manner that fully respects those rights and principles. The right for dignity and integrity of donors, recipients and of offspring) born from medically assisted reproduction should always be taken into account, amongst others, by ensuring that consent for donation is freely given and donors or their representatives are informed with regards to the intended use of the donated material, that donor eligibility criteria are based on scientific evidence and criteria of compatibility between donors and recipients, that the use of SoHOs in humans is not promoted for commercial purposes or with false or misleading information regarding efficacy so that the donors and recipients can make well-informed and deliberate choices, that activities are conducted in a transparent manner that prioritises the safety of donors and recipients, and that …
AddedRecital 44 a (new): (44a) Due to the high sensitivity of donor anonymity and taking into account the rights of offspring from medically assisted reproduction following third party donation, SoHO entities should ensure donors and recipients of reproductive cells are duly informed about the possibility of ID release and the implications thereof, pursuant to provisions laid down in national legislation.
AddedRecital 45: (45) SoHOs, by definition, relate to natural persons, and there are circumstances where the processing of personal data relating to donors and recipients may be necessary to achieve the objectives and requirements of this Regulation, especially provisions relating to vigilance and communication between competent authorities. This Regulation should provide a legal basis under Article 6 and, where relevant, fulfil the conditions under Article 9(2), point (i), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 for processing of such personal data. With respect to personal data processed by the Commission, this Regulation should provide a legal basis under Article 5 and, where relevant, fulfil the conditions under Article 10(2), point (i), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. Data on safety and efficacy of new SoHO preparations in recipients should also be shared, with appropriate protective measures, to allow aggregation at Union level for more robust evidence gathering on the clinical efficacy of SoHO preparations. For all data processing, such processing should be necessary and appropriate with a view to ensuring compliance with this Regulation in order to protect human health. Data on donors, recipients and offspring should hence be limited to the minimum necessary and processed in pseudonymised or anonymised form, as appropriate in each case. Donors, recipients and offspring should be informed of the processing of their personal data in line with the requirements of Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 201…
AddedRecital 46: (46) In order to enable better access to health data in the interests of public health, Member States should entrust competent authorities as data controllers within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 with powers to take decisions on the access to and re-use of such data. Furthermore, access to secondary data for research purposes should be provided via the European Health Data Space, once it is established.
AddedRecital 47: (47) The exchange of SoHOs between Member States is necessary for ensuring optimal patient access and sufficiency of supply, particularly in the case of local crises or shortages. For certain SoHOs that need to be matched between the donor and the recipient, such exchanges are essential to allow patients to receive the treatment they need in the optimal timeframe. This Regulation should serve to increase coordination between Member States and facilitate the cross-border exchange of SoHOs.
AddedRecital 47 a (new): (47a) The objectives of this Regulation, namely to ensure that SoHOs are of high quality and safe and to provide a high level of protection for donors, need to be achieved at Union level, by establishing high standards of quality and safety for SoHOs, based on a common set of requirements that are implemented in a consistent manner across the Union. Thus, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives. Member States in turn should enhance education and provide appropriate training for medical personnel regarding SoHO collection, processing, storage, application, transfusion and procurement.
AddedRecital 47 b (new): (47b) In some cases, such as bone marrow or haematopoietic stem cell transplants, the level of donor/recipient compatibility has to be extremely high. Therefore, coordination is needed at a global level, so that each patient has as many options as possible as regards finding a compatible donor.
AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1: This Regulation establishes measures setting high standards of quality and safety for all substances of human origin (‘SoHOs’) intended for human application and for activities related to those substances. It ensures a high level of human health protection, in particular for SoHO donors, SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction and serves to strengthen the continuity of supply of SoHOs. This Regulation is without prejudice to national legislation which establishes rules relating to aspects of SoHOs other than their quality and safety and the safety of SoHO donors, SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction.
AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. This Regulation shall apply to SoHOs intended for human application, to SoHO preparations, to products manufactured from SoHOs and intended for human application, to SoHO donors, SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction, and to the following SoHO activities:
AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) SoHO donor recruitment, except if that is the sole SoHO activity of the entity in which case only Article 54(3b) shall apply;
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ChangedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new): (ma) exchange of information on availability and stocks, and promotion of actions relating to the security of SoHO supply;clinical studies.
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RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point m b (new): (mb) coordination of the competent authorities with the Commission and EU agencies in the event of the emergence of a disease transmissible via SoHOs.
AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. Articles 53, 54, 55 and 56 shall apply also to SoHO donations intended for research.
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ChangedArticle 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1: For SoHOs that are used to manufacture products in accordance with Union legislation on medical devices, regulated by Regulation (EU) 2017/745, on medicinal products, regulated by Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 and Directive 2001/83/EC, including on advanced therapy medicinal products, regulated by Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007, on investigational medicinal products regulated by Regulation (EU) No 536/2014, or on food, regulated by Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, or as the starting and raw material thereof, the provisions of this Regulation applicable to the activities of SoHO donor recruitment, donor history review and eligibility assessment, testing of donors for eligibility or matching purposes, collection of SoHOs from donors or patientspatients, quality control testing of SoHOs, and the continuity of supply of these substancesSoHOs, shall apply. Insofar as the activities of SoHO release, distribution, import and export relate to SoHOs prior to their distribution to an operator regulated by the other Union legislation referred to in this subparagraph, the provisions of this Regulation shall also apply.
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RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8: 8) ‘SoHO donor’ means any person living or dead under the care of a SoHO entity for the purposes of making a donation of SoHOs; the person providing sperm for use within the couple shall not deemed to be a donor of SoHOs, but rather a partner;
AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. This Regulation also establishes provisions on: / (a) exchange of information on availability and stocks of SoHOs, and promotion of actions relating to the security of SoHO supply; / (b) coordination between competent authorities and the Commission and Union agencies in the event of SoHO-related health emergencies.
AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 4 b (new): 4b. This Regulation does not apply to breast milk that is expressed by a mother solely for the purpose of feeding her own child.
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1: (1) ‘blood’ means the liquid that circulates in arteries and veins carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body and its constituent parts;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5: (5) ‘substance of human origin’ (SoHO) means any substance collected from the human body in whatever manner, whether it contains cells or not and whether those cells are living or not. For the purposes of this Regulation, SoHO does not include organs in the sense of Article 3, point (h), of Directive 2010/53/EU, but includes substances which can be extracted from them;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7: (7) ‘SoHO activity’ means an action, or series of actions, that has a direct impact on the safety, quality, efficacy or functionality of SoHOs, as listed in Article 2(1);
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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new): (7a) ‘SoHO donation’ means a process by which a person voluntarily and altruistically gives SoHOs from their own body to people in need, or authorises their use after their death; it includes the necessary medical formalities, examination and treatments and monitoring of the SoHO donor, irrespective of whether that donation is successful or not; it also includes when consent is given by an authorised person in accordance with national legislation;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8: (8) ‘SoHO donor’ means a living or deceased SoHO donor;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new): (8a) ‘living SoHO donor’ means a living person who has presented themselves to a SoHO entity, or has been presented by a person granting consent on their behalf, in accordance with national legislation, with a view to making a SoHO donation, except donors of SoHOs for reproduction within relationship use;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8 b (new): (8b) ‘deceased SoHO donor’ means a deceased person who has been referred to a SoHO entity and for whom consent or authorisation, or an absence of express refusal, to donation is in place, in accordance with national legislation;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9: (9) ‘SoHO recipient’ means the person to whom SoHOs are applied or for whom such an application is envisaged;
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RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13: (13) ‘donor recruitment’ means any activity aimed at informing persons about activities related to the donation of SoHOs or encouraging them to donate;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11: (11) ‘offspring from medically assisted reproduction’ means children that are born following medically assisted reproduction;
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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a: (a) has been subjected to processing and, where relevant, one or more other SoHO activities in accordance with defined quality and safety parameters;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b: (b) meets a pre-defined specification;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13: (13) ‘donor recruitment’ means any activity aimed at informing persons about activities related to SoHO donation or at encouraging them to donate SoHOs;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15: (15) ‘processing’ means any operation involved in the handling of SoHOs, including washing, shaping, separation, fertilisation, decontamination, sterilisation, preservation and packaging; it does not include the handling of SoHOs within the same sterile field during a surgical intervention or within a closed-system medical device, where those SoHOs are either released or for autologous application;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 17: (17) ‘storage’ means the maintenance of SoHOs under appropriate controlled conditions until distribution, issuing, export or human application;
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ChangedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new): (18a) ‘issuing’ means the provision of SoHOs or preparations basedSoHO onpreparations, SoHOs,where possiblyrelevant following a medical prescription, for application to a specific recipient;
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RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 31: (31) ‘EU SoHO platform’ means the digital platform interoperable with other existing EU platforms set up by the Commission to exchange information concerning SoHO activities between the competent authorities, EU agencies and the Commission;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23: (23) ‘autologous use’ means collection of SoHO from one individual for subsequent application to the same individual;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 27: (27) ‘adverse occurrence’ means any incident associated with the donation or human application of SoHOs, which caused harm to a living SoHO donor, harm to a SoHO recipient, to offspring from medically assisted reproduction or to unborn offspring from medically assisted reproduction or that implied a risk of such harm;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point h a (new): (ha) the transfer of embryos to a person other than the person intended;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 29: (29) ‘SoHO rapid alert’ means a communication regarding an adverse occurrence, a communicable disease outbreak or other information that might be of relevance to the safety and quality of SoHOs in more than one Member State and is to be transmitted rapidly between competent authorities and the Commission to facilitate the implementation of preventing or mitigating measures;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 33: (33) ‘the compendium of SoHOs’ means a list kept up-to-date by the SoHO Coordination Board of decisions, taken at Member State level, and opinions, issued by competent authorities and by the SCB, on the regulatory status of specific substances, products or activities and published on the EU SoHO platform;
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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 38: (38) ‘Union training’ means training activities for the personnel of competent authorities and, where appropriate, for personnel of delegated bodies performing SoHO supervisory activities;
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ChangedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 41: (41) ‘critical SoHO’ means a SoHO for which an insufficient supply will result in serious harm or risk of harm to SoHO recipients;
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ChangedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 42: (42) ‘critical SoHO entity’ means a SoHO entity that carries out activities contributing to the supply of critical SoHOs and the scale of those activities is such that a failure to carry them out cannot be compensated by activities of other entities or alternative substances or products for SoHO recipients;
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ChangedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 64:51: (64)(51) ‘compensation’‘imputability’ means makingthe goodlikelihood ofthat anyan quantifiableadverse lossesoccurrence, associatedin witha donation;SoHO suchdonor, compensationis shouldrelated neverto bethe intendedcollection orprocess providedor, within a viewSoHO recipient or offspring from medically assisted reproduction, to encouragingthe donations;application of the SoHOs;
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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 60: (60) ‘Annual SoHO Activity Report’ means the annual report published by the Commission aggregating the data reports from SoHO entities carrying out the following activities: donor recruitment, collection, storage, distribution, import, export and human application of SoHOs;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 61: (61) ‘SoHO for reproduction’ means all cells intended to be used for the purpose of medically assisted reproduction, and embryos resulting from fertilisation;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 62: (62) ‘third party donation’ means a donation of a SoHO for reproduction by a person to a recipient or a couple with whom the donor does not have an intimate physical relationship;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 62 a (new): (62a) ‘ID release’ means the disclosure of information that permits the identification of donors of a SoHO for reproduction to donor-conceived offspring or their legal parents, as provided for in national legislation;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 63: (63) ‘within relationship use’ means use of reproductive cells for medically assisted reproduction between persons with an intimate physical relationship, where a person provides their own oocytes and another person supplies their own sperm for the human application to a person within the relationship;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 64: (64) ‘compensation’ means making good of any quantifiable losses and reimbursement of expenses associated with donation;
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RemovedThis definition is added for consistency with the EDQM’s Guide for the implementation of the principle of prohibition of financial gain with respect to the human body and its parts from living or deceased donors, which is cited numerous times in the Commission proposal and is useful to clarify the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation.
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 70 a (new): (70a) ‘donor base resilience’ means the capacity of the donation collection system to rely on a large number of donors for a given SoHO category;
RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 70 a (new): (70a) ‘patient blood management’ means an innovative organisational approach for the best possible management of patients undergoing surgery at risk of bleeding, based on the following three pillars: / (a) optimising the patient’s blood mass; / (b) minimising blood loss; / (c) improving the patient’s tolerance to anaemia;
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 70 b (new): (70b) ‘informed consent’ means that the donor’s agreement has been obtained freely without coercion and after the donor has been provided with access to clear, comprehensive information in line with the donor’s capacity to understand, for SoHO donation or use;
RemovedDefinition based on the World Health Organisation resolution mentioned in recital 24(a),
AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 70 c (new): (70c) ‘SoHO clinical study’ means an experimental evaluation of a SoHO or a SoHO preparation in humans, with the objective of drawing conclusions regarding its efficacy and safety;
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AddedArticle 4 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States may maintain or introduce within their territories measures that are more stringent than the ones provided for in this Regulation on condition that those national measures are based on scientific evidence, are compatible with Union law, and are proportionate to the risk to human health. / Such measures: / (a) shall not directly or indirectly constitute discrimination between SoHO donors based on any of the grounds recognised by Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular discrimination based on sexual orientation. Member States shall report to the Commission any restrictions that they or SoHO entities in their territory impose that can reasonably be considered to constitute such discrimination and provide a summary of the scientific evidence used to justify these measures to protect SoHO donors, SoHO recipients or offspring from medically assisted reproduction; / (b) may contribute to setting up a European supply chain and to achieving the objective of European autonomy and coordination between Member States; they may also be aimed at reinforcing the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation.
RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 70 d (new): (70d) ‘European self-sufficiency’ means the Union’s degree of independence on third countries for the collection of substances of human origin, the manufacture of preparations based on SoHOs and any other SoHO-related activities.
AddedArticle 5 – paragraph 3 – point a: (a) have the autonomy to act and make decisions independently and impartially while respecting the internal administrative organisational requirements determined in national legislation;
RemovedArticle 4 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1(a) Member States may introduce additional measures to help set up a European supply chain and to achieve the objective of European self-sufficiency. Such measures may also aim to reinforce the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation.
AddedArticle 5 – paragraph 3 – point b – point ii: (ii) to order the immediate suspension or cessation of a SoHO activity that poses immediate risk to SoHO donors, SoHO recipients or the general public or that does not comply with the conditions of its authorisation or withthis Regulation;
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RemovedIt would be advisable to specify that Member States are free to take stricter measures with a view to restricting SoHO imports from third countries, whose collection systems are not necessarily based on the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation set out in this proposal for a regulation. This amendment is consistent with the desire to promote European self-sufficiency concerning SoHOs.
AddedArticle 5 – paragraph 3 – point c: (c) have sufficient human and financial resources, operational capacity, and expertise, including technical expertise, to achieve the aims of, and fulfil their obligations under, this Regulation;
RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Paragraph 2 shall also apply to the previous activities of staff members for a reasonable period, to be defined and made public by the competent authorities.
AddedArticle 5 – paragraph 4: 4. Each Member State shall designate a single SoHO National Authority, in conformity with Member States’ constitutional requirements, responsible for coordinating exchanges with the Commission and with other Member States’ SoHO National Authorities. The Commission shall make publicly available the list of SoHO National Authorities on the EU SoHO Platform.
RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – point c: (c) appropriate and properly maintained facilities and equipment to ensure that personnel can perform their SoHO supervisory activities safely, efficiently and effectively;
AddedArticle 7 – paragraph 1: 1. Competent authorities and members of the SCB shall act independently, in the public interest and free from any external influence.
RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 1: 1. In all cases where questions arise as to the regulatory status of a substance, product or activity, competent authorities shall consult with authorities established in other relevant Union legislation referred to in Article 2(3), such as the EMA and the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG). In such cases, competent authorities shall also consult the compendium referred to Article 3 point (33).
AddedArticle 7 – paragraph 2: 2. Competent authorities shall ensure that their personnel have no direct or indirect economic, financial or personal interest that might be considered prejudicial to their independence and, in particular, that they are not in a situation that may, directly or indirectly, affect the impartiality of their professional conduct. All relevant personnel shall make an annual declaration of their interests, which shall be published on the competent authorities’ website.
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RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: The SCB shall consult, in accordance with Article 68(1), point (b), with the equivalent advisory bodies established in other relevant Union legislation referred to in Article 2(3), such as the EMA and the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG).
AddedArticle 8 – paragraph 1: 1. Without prejudice to Article 75, competent authorities and members of the SCB shall carry out their supervisory activities in a transparent manner and they shall make accessible and clear to the public decisions taken in cases where a SoHO entity has failed to comply with an obligation under this Regulation and where such failure causes or may cause a serious risk to human health, including decisions to revoke, suspend or reinstate an authorisation for SoHO activities. Competent authorities shall also be transparent about the criteria used for the assessment and authorisation of SoHO preparations and SoHO entities.
RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 3: 3. Following the consultations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, regarding the regulatory status of the substance, product or activity concerned under this Regulation, the competent authorities shall inform the SCB on any consensus reached as a result of those consultations for publication in the compendium by the SCB. / To the extent possible, the competent authorities shall comply with the opinion of the SCB. In the event of non-compliance, they shall inform the SCB as soon as possible of the decision taken and justify their decision.
AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1: 1. Competent authorities shall be responsible for the SoHO supervisory activities referred to in Chapter III in order to verify the effective compliance of SoHO entities and SoHO preparations authorised in their territory with the requirements set out in this Regulation.
RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 2: 2. Instead of establishing a register of SoHO entities, as referred to in paragraph 1, a SoHO National Authority shall be encouraged to use the EU SoHO Platform as referred to in Chapter XI. In this case, the SoHO National Authority shall instruct competent authorities, where necessary, and SoHO entities to register directly on the EU SoHO Platform.
AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – point a: (a) human and financial resources, operational capacity, and expertise, including technical expertise, to carry out the supervisory functions provided for in this Regulation;
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RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 3: 3. SoHO preparation authorisations shall be valid throughout the Union for the period defined in the terms of the authorisation, when such a time period has been defined, or until a competent authority has suspended or withdrawn the authorisation. Where a Member State has adopted a more stringent measure, in accordance with Article 4, which relates to a specific SoHO preparation, that Member State may decline to recognise the validity of the SoHO preparation authorisation of another Member State. That refusal shall end once the Member State which has adopted a more stringent measure has verified that the correct application of that measure by the Member State which granted the authorisation has been met. Where a Member State refuses to recognise the validity of the authorisation granted by another Member State, it shall without undue delay notify the SoHO Platform established by this Regulation.
AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) procedures to ensure the independence, impartiality, transparency, effectiveness, quality, suitability for purpose and consistency of their SoHO supervisory activities;
RemovedArticle 21 a (new): Article 21a / Exceptional derogation from the obligation to authorise SoHO preparations in situations where there is no therapeutic alternative / 1. By way of derogation from Article 21 of this Regulation, and after consulting the relevant best practices approved and documented by the SCB in accordance with Article 68(1)(c), the competent authorities may authorise, on an exceptional basis and at the request of a prescribing doctor within a SoHO entity, preparations of substances of human origin in situations where the procedures referred to in Article 21 have not been followed, provided that: / (a) provision has been made for the use of such preparations for a given patient, in cases where that patient has no therapeutic alternative, when treatment cannot be postponed or when his or her condition is life threatening; / (b) the preparation is deemed to be safe and effective on the basis of the available clinical data. / 2. The competent authorities shall inform the national SoHO authority of the authorised derogation. The national SoHO authority shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of any decision to authorise the distribution or preparation for immediate application of substances of human origin in accordance with paragraph 1.
AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – point c: (c) appropriate and properly maintained facilities and equipment to ensure that personnel can perform their SoHO supervisory activities efficiently, safely and effectively;
RemovedThe only possibility for derogation in the Commission proposal concerns continuity of supply. An additional derogation seems necessary where therapeutic alternatives cannot be offered to a given patient. Such cases could be, for example, cell therapies for burn victims or for patients who have suffered accidental irradiation.
AddedArticle 14 – paragraph 1: 1. In all cases where questions arise as to the regulatory status of a substance, product or activity, competent authorities shall consult with the national authorities established in other relevant Union legislation referred to in Article 2(3), as relevant In such cases, competent authorities shall also consult the compendium referred to Article 3, point (33).
RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 2: 2. Competent authorities shall authorise as SoHO establishments the SoHO entities that both process and store or process and release or store and release SoHOs in accordance with Article 27.
AddedArticle 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: If the SCB deems it necessary, it shall consult, in accordance with Article 68(1), point (b), with the equivalent advisory bodies established in other relevant Union legislation referred to in Article 2(3).
RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 3 – introductory part: 3. Competent authorities may decide that certain SoHO entities that do not process and store or process and release or store and release SoHO also need to be authorised as SoHO establishments, in particular SoHO entities that:
AddedArticle 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new): To the extent possible, the competent authorities shall comply with the opinion of the SCB. In the event of non-compliance, they shall inform the SCB as soon as possible of the decision taken and justify their decision.
RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 5: 5. SoHO establishment authorisations shall be valid throughout the Union for the period defined in the terms of the authorisation, when such a time period has been defined, or until a competent authority has suspended or withdrawn the authorisation or the establishment has ceased to conduct SoHO activities. Where a Member State has adopted a more stringent measure, in accordance with Article 4, which relates to a specific SoHO establishment authorisation, that Member State may decline to recognise the validity of the SoHO establishment authorisation of another Member State. That refusal shall end once the Member State which has adopted a more stringent measure has verified that the correct application of that measure by the Member State which granted the authorisation has been met.
AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new): (aa) make the declarations of interest referred to in Article 7(2) publicly available on their website;
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ChangedArticle 2620 – paragraph 3: 3. Importing SoHO entitypreparation authorisations shall be valid throughout the Union for the period defined in the terms of the authorisation, when such a time period has been defined, or until a competent authority has suspended or withdrawn the authorisation or the entity has ceased to conduct SoHO activities.authorisation. Where a Member State has adopted a more stringent measure, in accordance with Article 4, which relates to a specific importing SoHO entity authorisation,preparation, that Member State may decline to recognise the validity of the importing SoHO entitypreparation authorisation of another Member State. That refusal shall end once the Member State which has adopted a more stringent measure haspending verifiedverification that the correct application ofmore thatstringent measure by the Member State which granted the authorisation has been met. It may be based on the principle ofThis voluntaryinformation andshall unpaidbe donation,notified, inwithout accordanceundue withdelay, Articleon 4(1)(a)the ofEU thisSoHO Regulation.Platform.
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RemovedArticle 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: In exceptional cases, competent authorities may consider that a person’s considerable and relevant experience may exempt this person from the requirement set out in the first subparagraph. Their designation shall be the result of procedures which guarantee their independence and impartiality.
AddedArticle 21 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new): (ca) where the conditional authorisation referred to in point (c) has been granted, appropriate information for practitioners and patients on the conditional nature of the authorisation shall be provided by the SoHO entity;
RemovedArticle 32 – paragraph 2: 2. Competent authorities shall provide inspectors with a specific induction training before inspectors take up their duties. For the specific induction training, competent authorities shall ensure the independence and impartiality of inspectors and shall consult the relevant best practices agreed and documented by the SCB as referred to in Article 68(1), point (c).
AddedArticle 21 – paragraph 4: 4. Competent authorities shall conclude the SoHO preparation authorisation steps, referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, within 3 months from receipt of the application, excluding the time needed for clinical outcome monitoring or studies. They may suspend this time limit for the duration of the consultation processes referred to in Article 14(1) and (2) or if further information is required from the SoHO entity that made the request.
RemovedArticle 34 – paragraph 2: 2. Competent authorities shall establish procedures for the unique identification of SoHO establishments that are subject to the provisions on the Single European Code in Article 46. Competent authorities shall ensure that such identification complies with the technical standards defined for that coding system. For this purpose, competent authorities shall use a SoHO establishment identification code generated by the EU SoHO Platform.
AddedArticle 21 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) such preparation, or any of the activities performed for that preparation, do not comply with the conditions of its authorisation or the requirements of this Regulation; or
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RemovedArticle 36 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5a. Where the IIG has consequences falling within the remit of HERA, the ECDC or the EMA, competent authorities shall provide them without undue delay with information that could reasonably be considered useful.
AddedArticle 21 – paragraph 8: 8. Competent authorities may, in accordance with national legislation, withdraw the authorisation of a SoHO preparation if the competent authorities have confirmed that the SoHO preparation in question does not comply with subsequently updated criteria for authorisation or the SoHO entity has failed to comply with the conditions of its authorisation.
RemovedArticle 38 – paragraph 2: 2. The responsible person for release of SoHOs shall be in possession of a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications in the field of medical or biological sciences awarded on completion of a university course of study or a course recognised as equivalent by the Member State concerned and shall have at least 2 years of experience in the relevant field and shall receive continuous training throughout his or her career in relation to innovative processing technologies and processes.
AddedArticle 27 – paragraph 1: 1. Competent authorities shall provide guidelines and templates to allow that applications from SoHO entities for their authorisation as SoHO establishments are submitted in accordance with Article 49. When developing those guidelines and templates, competent authorities shall consult the relevant best practices agreed and documented by the SCB as referred to in Article 68(1), point (c).
RemovedArticle 38 – paragraph 3: 3. The responsible person for release of SoHOs may delegate the tasks specified in paragraph 1 to other persons who shall be qualified by training and experience to perform such tasks without necessarily having two years’ experience. In such cases, that person shall perform those tasks under the responsibility of the responsible person for release of SoHOs.
AddedArticle 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) does not comply with the conditions of its authorisation or the provisions of this Regulation; or
RemovedArticle 40 – paragraph 1: 1. SoHO entities shall not release or, in an autologous context, prepare and apply immediately to a recipient, SoHO preparations without prior SoHO preparation authorisation. In cases where a SoHO entity substantially modifies an activity carried out for an authorised SoHO preparation, it shall obtain an authorisation for that modified SoHO preparation.
AddedArticle 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new): (aa) does not take corrective or preventive action following an inspection by national authorities pursuant to Article 29(14); and
RemovedForcing SoHO entities to apply for a new authorisation for any changes may be too burdensome and difficult to implement. The introduction of a small degree of flexibility in this article would appear to be better adapted to the reality on the ground.
AddedArticle 27 – paragraph 5: 5. Competent authorities may, in accordance with national legislation, withdraw the authorisation of a SoHO establishment if the competent authorities have confirmed that the SoHO establishment no longer complies with updated criteria for authorisation or the SoHO establishment has failed to comply with the conditions of its authorisation.
RemovedArticle 40 – paragraph 3: 3. SoHO entities may request to their competent authorities a derogation from the requirement for a SoHO preparation authorisation in the exceptional circumstances referred to in Articles 21a and 64.
AddedArticle 28 – paragraph 5 – point a: (a) that the SoHO entity in question does not comply with the conditions of the authorisation or the provisions of this Regulation; or
RemovedArticle 41 – paragraph 5: 5. SoHO entities shall not make any substantial change to the chain of activities performed for an authorised SoHO preparation, without the prior written approval of their competent authorities. SoHO entities shall also inform their competent authorities of changes in the SoHO preparation authorisation holder’s details.
AddedArticle 28 – paragraph 5 – point b: (b) that this non-compliance, or suspected non-compliance, implies a risk to the safety of SoHO recipients or offspring from medically assisted reproduction.
RemovedSame justification as proposed in the amendment to Article 40.
AddedArticle 28 – paragraph 7: 7. Competent authorities may, in accordance with national legislation, withdraw the authorisation of an importing SoHO entity if the competent authorities have confirmed that the importing SoHO entity no longer complies with updated criteria for authorisation or the importing SoHO entity has failed to comply with the conditions of its authorisation.
AddedArticle 28 – paragraph 9: 9. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in the exceptional situations referred to in Article 61a or in case of emergency, competent authorities may authorise imports of SoHOs for immediate application to a specific recipient when duly justified by the clinical circumstances on a case-by-case basis.
AddedArticle 29 – paragraph 11: 11. The interval between inspections shall be decided on based on the frequency necessary to mitigate any identified risks and shall not exceed 4 years.
AddedArticle 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new): Inspectors shall be designated in accordance with procedures which ensure that they act in a transparent, independent and impartial manner. The designation criteria shall be clear and transparent.
AddedArticle 32 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. All inspectors shall act in an impartial manner and be independent of any direct or indirect conflicts of interest. Inspectors shall declare such impartiality in writing and such declarations shall be made available on the competent authorities’ website.
AddedArticle 32 – paragraph 3 – point a: (a) the inspection techniques and procedures to be followed, including practical exercises and conflict of interest rules;
AddedArticle 34 a (new): Article 34a / Exchange of information on SoHO availability and continuity of supply / 1. As part of the national plans to ensure the continuity of SoHO supply referred to in Article 62, the competent authorities shall establish a digital communication channel through which they can exchange information on the availability of SoHOs in the national territory in a fast and efficient manner. Through that digital communication channel, the competent authorities may, in specific situations of need, oblige national SoHO entities to provide information on the availability of a certain SoHO. They shall also take into account alerts sent by national SoHO entities concerning the availability of SoHOs and potential shortages. The competent authorities shall ensure that the digital communication channel is available no later than ... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. / 2. The competent authorities shall monitor the availability of SoHOs at national level through the digital communication channel referred to in paragraph 1. They shall provide guidance to SoHO entities to facilitate the exchange of information on the availability of SoHOs. / 3. The competent authorities shall store and analyse information on the availability of SoHOs and the fluctuations in such availability over time, as well as trends in demand and potential shortages of SoHOs, and shall draw up reports containing that information which may be made available to other Member States through …
AddedArticle 36 a (new): Article 36a / Authorisation and registry of SoHO clinical studies / 1. Competent authorities shall authorise SoHO clinical studies after granting the approval for the clinical study proposal referred to in Article 41a(5) and verifying that the clinical study has been the subject of a positive recommendation by a relevant ethics committee where necessary. / 2. Competent authorities shall inform, instruct and assist SoHO entities in their Member State with regard to the authorisation and registration processes for SoHO clinical studies. Competent authorities shall provide SoHO entities with guidelines and assistance regarding technical and ethical aspects of SoHO clinical studies. / 3. Competent authorities shall register each authorised SoHO clinical study on the EU SoHO Platform, providing the following information: / (a) the name or business name and address of the SoHO entity or entities carrying out the clinical study, and the name and contact details of the researchers and a contact person; / (b) where necessary, a positive recommendation by a relevant ethics committee; / (c) a summary of the study design; / (d) date of commencement and completion of the various stages of the clinical study; / (e) not more than one year after the end of the clinical study, a summary of the results and conclusions; / (f) a summary intended for the general public of the clinical study and the results obtained. / 4. In cases where more than one SoHO entity participates in a SoHO clinical stu…
AddedArticle 38 – paragraph 2: 2. The responsible person for release of SoHOs shall be in possession of a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications in the field of medical or biological sciences awarded on completion of a university course of study or a course recognised as equivalent by the Member State concerned and shall have at least 2 years of experience in the relevant field. The SoHO entity shall ensure that the responsible person for release of SoHOs receives adequate and up-to-date training, appropriate to their job and responsibilities, including specific training on those SoHOs that necessitate such training.
AddedArticle 40 – paragraph 1: 1. SoHO entities shall not release or, in an autologous context, prepare and apply immediately to a recipient, SoHO preparations without prior SoHO preparation authorisation. In cases where a SoHO entity substantially modifies an activity carried out for an authorised SoHO preparation, it shall obtain an authorisation for that modified SoHO preparation. For the purposes of this Article, ‘substantial modification’ means a modification that has an impact on the purpose, quality, safety, efficacy or functionality of a SoHO preparation.
AddedArticle 40 – paragraph 3: 3. SoHO entities may request to their competent authorities a derogation from the requirement for a SoHO preparation authorisation in the exceptional circumstances referred to in Articles 61 and 61a.
AddedArticle 41 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) the results of a risk assessment conducted in accordance with Article 41a(4); / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)
AddedArticle 41 – paragraph 2 – point c: (c) in cases where the indicated risk is other than negligible, a proposal for clinical outcome monitoring to demonstrate safety, quality and efficacy of the SoHO preparation, in line with the results of the risk assessment, and as set out in Article 41a(5);
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AddedArticle 41 – paragraph 4: 4. SoHO entities shall perform the clinical outcome monitoring once a conditional authorisation has been granted pursuant to Article 21(2), point (c), and submit the results and the analysis of those results to their competent authorities at the frequency determined in the authorisation. In conducting the clinical investigation study as referred to in Article 41a(5), points (a)(ii) and (a)(iii), for the SoHO preparation concerned, the applicant may use an existing clinical registry to record its results provided that their competent authorities have verified that the registry has data quality management procedures in place that ensure accuracy and completeness of data. The applicant shall register that study and the results obtained on the EU SoHO Platform in accordance with Article 36a.
AddedArticle 41 – paragraph 5: 5. SoHO entities shall not make any substantial change to the chain of activities performed for an authorised SoHO preparation, without the prior written approval of their competent authorities. For the purposes of this Article, ‘substantial change’ means a change that has an impact on the purpose, quality, safety, efficacy or functionality of a SoHO preparation. SoHO entities shall also inform their competent authorities of changes in the SoHO preparation authorisation holder’s details.
AddedArticle 41 a (new): Article 41a / SoHO clinical studies / 1. When conducting SoHO clinical studies, in the context of the monitoring plans referred to in Article 41(2), point (c), or with the aim of comparing or improving previously authorised treatments, SoHO entities shall comply with the requirements set out in this Regulation. / 2. SoHO clinical studies shall always have the safety and well-being of the participants in the clinical study as a priority and they shall comply with Articles 53, 54, 55, 56, 58 and 59, concerning the protection of donors, recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction. SoHO entities intending to start a SoHO clinical study shall seek to obtain robust and reliable data, through collaboration with other SoHO entities, if necessary. / 3. SoHO entities shall submit a request for approval of the SoHO clinical study to competent authorities before starting the clinical study, in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraphs 4 and 5. SoHO entities may request assistance regarding administrative, technical and ethical aspects of the clinical study from the competent authorities, in accordance with Article 36a. / 4. Prior to starting a SoHO clinical study, the applicant shall conduct a risk assesment, on the combination of SoHO activities performed for the SoHO preparation, together with the intended clinical indication, taking into account: / (a) whether the SoHO preparations are described in, and aligned with, an EDQM SoHO monograph included in the t…
AddedArticle 43 – paragraph 4: 4. The importing SoHO entity authorisation holder shall be based in the Union, and be responsible for the physical reception and visual examination and verification of imported SoHOs prior to their release. The importing SoHO entity shall verify coherence between the SoHO received and the associated documentation and conduct an examination of the integrity of packaging and the compliance of labelling and transport conditions with the relevant standards and technical guidelines as referred to in Articles 57, 58 and 59. The importing SoHO entity shall ensure that the imported SoHOs meet safety and quality standards equivalent to those set out in this Regulation.
AddedArticle 47 – paragraph 1: 1. SoHO entities shall maintain a system for detecting, investigating and recording information concerning adverse occurrences, including adverse occurrences detected during clinical outcome monitoring as part of a SoHO preparation authorisation application as referred to in Article 41 or as part of a SoHO clinical study as referred to in Article 41a.
AddedArticle 47 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. Where a SAO notification concerns public health matters, competent authorities shall, without delay, communicate essential information to the general public and to the SCB.
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RemovedArticle 52 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. SoHO entities shall ensure that the state of health of donors does not pose a detectable risk to donations.
AddedArticle 51 – title: Physicians
RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 1 – point b: (b) provide donors or their relatives or any persons granting authorisation on their behalf, in accordance with national legislation, with the information referred to in Article 55 and in a way that enables them to give free and informed consent;
AddedArticle 51 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) investigation of suspected adverse occurrences in SoHO donors, SoHO recipients and, where relevant, offspring from medically assisted reproduction;
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ChangedArticle 5351 – paragraph 3: 3. SoHO entities that collectBy SoHOsderogation from donors that are subjected to a surgicalparagraph procedure2, in order to donate, that are treated with hormonesthe tocase facilitateof donation,SoHO orentities that donate on aare frequentauthorised andas repeatedSoHO basis,establishments shallin registeraccordance suchwith donorsArticle and25(3), the results of their donorphysician healthshall evaluationsbe inresponsible afor cross-entitythose registrytasks that allows interconnection with other such registries, including cross-border ones, asare referredrelevant to inthe paragraphSoHO 1,activities pointperformed (j).by the SoHO entities that manage suchand registriesthat shallhave ensurea interconnectivitydirect betweeninfluence them.on Thethe concepthealth of frequent and repeated donations shall be definedSoHO indonors, accordanceSoHO withrecipients theand, EDQMwhere guidelinesrelevant, foroffspring eachfrom typemedically ofassisted donation.reproduction.
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AddedArticle 52 – paragraph 2: 2. SoHO entities shall protect the physical and, where relevant, mental health of living SoHO donors before, during and after the donation.
AddedArticle 52 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. SoHO entities shall ensure that the state of health of SoHO donors before the donation does not pose a disproportionate risk to the donation or to the health of such donors during or after the donation.
AddedArticle 53 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) meet all applicable informed consent or authorisation requirements in force in the Member State concerned;
AddedArticle 53 – paragraph 1 – point b: (b) provide donors or their relatives or any persons granting authorisation on their behalf, in accordance with national legislation, with the information referred to in Article 55 and in a way that enables them to give informed consent and request further information if needed;
AddedArticle 53 – paragraph 1 – point j: (j) verify, by means of national registries, that donors are not donating more frequently than indicated as safe in technical guidelines as referred to in Article 56 and demonstrate that their health is not compromised;
AddedArticle 53 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new): (ja) verify, by means of national registries, that donors meet donor eligibility criteria, if required in the case of specific types of donation, on the basis of the latest available scientific evidence and medical expertise;
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AddedArticle 53 – paragraph 1 – point l a (new): (la) inform the SoHO recipients of donor anonymity requirements and the possibility of ID release and the implications thereof for medically assisted reproduction with third party donation of reproductive cells, pursuant to national legislation.
AddedArticle 53 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. SoHO entities shall not discriminate against SoHO donors on any of the grounds listed in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, unless it is necessary to protect the health of the SoHO recipient, of the offspring from medically assisted reproduction or of the SoHO donor. Such discriminatory action shall be based on scientific evidence.
AddedArticle 53 – paragraph 2: 2. In the course of the donor health evaluations referred to in paragraph 1, point (f), SoHO entities shall conduct interviews with the donors and gather information concerning the donors’ present and recent state of physical, and, where appropriate, mental health and their health histories to assure the safety of the donation process for those donors. SoHO entities may perform laboratory tests as part of the donor health evaluations. They shall perform such tests in cases where evaluations indicate that laboratory tests are necessary to establish the eligibility of those donors from the perspective of their own protection. The physician, as referred to in Article 51, shall approve the procedure and criteria for donor health evaluations.
AddedArticle 53 – paragraph 3: 3. SoHO entities that collect SoHOs from donors that are subjected to a surgical procedure in order to donate, that are treated with hormones to facilitate donation, or that donate SoHOs that can be donated on a frequent and repeated basis, shall register such donors and the results of their donor health evaluations in a cross-entity registry that allows interconnection with other such registries at Union level, including cross-border registries, as referred to in paragraph 1, point (j). SoHO entities that manage such registries shall ensure interconnectivity between them. The concept of frequent and repeated donations shall be understood in accordance with the EDQM guidelines referred to in Article 71 for each type of donation.
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ChangedArticle 54 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States may allow for the compensation or reimbursement from the SoHO entities to living SoHO donors for losses or expenses related to their participation in donations, in accordance with the compensationprinciple paymentsof beingvoluntary strictlyand proportionalunpaid todonation, anyand lossesfor incurred.example Intaking suchthe case,form of compensatory leave, tax reductions or flat rate allowances set at national level. Based on transparent criteria, Member States shall establish the conditions for such forms of compensation paymentsor reimbursement in national legislation, including the setting of an upper limit that ensuresensuring that they are always financially neutral and consistent with the standards laid down in this Article. / They may make compensation paymentsor reimbursement subject to the filing of applications by donors and delegate the setting of conditions for such paymentsforms of compensation or reimbursement to independent bodies that are established in accordance with national legislation. In that regard, the Commission shall support the exchange of best practices between Member States. The donordonors may also choose not to be compensated for losses or expenses associated with histheir donation.
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RemovedArticle 54 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. Compensation payments must not serve as an incentive for donations or engender financial competition, including cross-border competition, between institutions and entities that are seeking donors.
AddedArticle 54 – paragraph 3: 3. SoHO entities may compensate or reimburse living SoHO donors as provided for by their competent authorities pursuant to paragraph 2. SoHO entities shall report in a transparent manner to the competent authorities on any compensation and reimbursement measures they have in place, and on any changes they make in that respect.
RemovedArticle 54 – paragraph 3 b (new): 3b Member States shall report to the Commission on the conditions for granting such compensation and setting the limits thereof two years after the entry into force of this Regulation and every three years thereafter. On the basis of those reports, the Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of the necessary additional measures it intends to take at Union level to ensure compliance with the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation in accordance with Article 3 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
AddedArticle 54 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. Compensation or reimbursement shall not serve as an incentive for donations or engender financial competition, including cross-border competition, between institutions and entities that are seeking donors. It shall not lead to exploitation of vulnerable persons in society.
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ChangedArticle 54 – paragraph 3 cb (new): 3c. On the basis of those reports, and3b. inMember orderStates toshall ensureregulate the implementationadvertising of the principlecollection of voluntary and unpaidSoHOs. donation,Any theadvertising Commissionof shallSoHO bedonations empoweredlinked to adopt delegated actsa infinancial accordancereward withshall Articlebe 77prohibited. inRecruitment ordercampaigns toand establishadvertisements ashall singlenot registerrefer ofto Europeanany donors.compensation.
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RemovedIf deemed necessary and on the basis of the reports provided for in paragraph 3b, the Commission must be able to propose a delegated act establishing a single register of donors. This will ensure, for example, that it is not possible to donate more than is reasonable simply by crossing an EU internal border.
AddedArticle 54 – paragraph 3 c (new): 3c. By ... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall assess the national conditions for the level of compliance with the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation as set out in this Regulation. That assessment shall determine, inter alia, whether compensation and reimbursement, under any circumstances, harm donor or recipient safety, constitute an incentive or a claim to recruit donors or expose vulnerable people in society to exploitation. Member States shall provide the Commission with the information requested to perform that assessment. / On the basis of the assessments referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall adopt guidelines for Member States based on best practices in the implementation of compensation schemes and, where appropriate, make recommendations to Member States on how such practices can be improved. Those guidelines and recommendations shall be made available to the public.
RemovedArticle 55 – paragraph 2: 2. SoHO entities shall provide the information referred to in paragraph 1 before the consent is given or authorisation is granted for the donation. SoHO entities shall provide the information in an accurate and clear manner, using terms that are easily understood by the prospective donors or the persons to consent or authorise the donation, ensuring that this is a free and informed decision. It shall not mislead the prospective donors or persons granting authorisation on their behalf, in particular, as to the benefits of the donation to future recipients of the SoHO concerned.
AddedArticle 55 – title: Standards concerning information to be provided prior to informed consent or authorisation to donate SoHOs
RemovedArticle 55 – paragraph 3 – point d: (d) the intended use of the donated SoHO, in particular covering proven benefits for the future recipients and any possible research or commercial uses to which the donor should give free and informed consent;
AddedArticle 55 – paragraph 2: 2. SoHO entities shall provide the information referred to in paragraph 1 before the consent is given or authorisation is granted for the donation. SoHO entities shall provide the information in an accurate and clear manner, using terms that are easily understood by the prospective donors or the persons to consent or authorise the donation, and ensure that the consent given is informed consent. It shall not mislead the prospective donors or persons granting authorisation on their behalf, in particular, as to the benefits of the donation to future recipients of the SoHO concerned.
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AddedArticle 55 – paragraph 3 – point d: (d) the intended use of the donated SoHO, in particular covering proven benefits for the future recipients and any possible research or commercial uses to which the donor should give informed consent;
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RemovedArticle 57 – paragraph 1: SoHO entities shall protect the health of SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction from risks posed by SoHO preparations. They shall do so by:
AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: When the Commission deems it necessary to provide binding rules on the implementation of a particular standard or element of a standard referred to in Articles 53, 54 or 55, in order to ensure convergent and high levels of donor safety, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 77 to supplement this Regulation by describing particular procedures to be followed and applied to meet such standard, or element thereof.
RemovedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a (new): (a) identifying, minimising or eliminating those risks;
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RemovedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point b (new): (b) ensuring compliance with the voluntary and unpaid nature of donations of substances of human origin in accordance with Article 54.
AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 2: 2. Where, in the case of a risk to donor health, imperative grounds of urgency so require, the procedure provided for in Article 78 shall apply to delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Article.
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RemovedArticle 58 – paragraph 1: 1. SoHO entities shall establish procedures with measures, and, where necessary, combinations of measures, that ensure high levels of safety and quality and demonstrate benefits for SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction that outweigh any risks. They shall, in particular, achieve a high level of assurance that pathogens, toxins or genetic conditions are not transmitted to recipients or offspring from medically assisted reproduction. Where possible, they shall use technologies designed to reduce the risk of human error and improve the quality of substances of human origin.
AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 3: 3. In order to apply the standards concerning donor protection or elements thereof, referred to in Articles 53, 54 and 55, SoHO entities shall follow the procedures laid down in any delegated act adopted in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.
RemovedArticle 58 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new): (ca) where appropriate, specifying and using technologies for detecting and deactivating pathogens affecting SoHOs.
AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 4 – introductory part: 4. For those standards concerning donor protection or elements thereof for which no delegated act has been adopted, in order to apply such standards or elements thereof, SoHO entities shall follow in order of priority:
RemovedArticle 58 – paragraph 7 – point a: (a) conducting comprehensive process validation and equipment qualification as referred to in Article 41(2), point (a)(vii), unless the equipment has already been assessed and carries EC certification as provided for in Regulations (EU) 2017/7461a and (EU) 2017/745; / 1a Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176).
AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 4 – point a – introductory part: (a) the most recent technical guidelines established through a transparent and comprehensive consultation process with a broad selection of stakeholders based on the latest scientific knowledge and relevant expertise, and as indicated on the EU SoHO Platform referred to in Chapter XI, as follows:
RemovedArticle 58 – paragraph 8 – point b a (new): (ba) when feasible, using processing technologies that reduce or eliminate any possible immune or infection risk to the recipient.
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RemovedArticle 58 – paragraph 10 – point b: (b) apply SoHO preparations to recipients unnecessarily based on widespread patient blood management practices;
AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1: SoHO entities shall protect the health of SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction from risks posed by SoHO preparations and their application. They shall do so by identifying, minimising or eliminating those risks.
RemovedArticle 58 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2: For donors that donate repeatedly, the interviews referred to in the first subparagraph may be limited to aspects that might have changed and may be replaced with questionnaires, without prejudice to Article 53(1)(e) and (f) and 53(2).
AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 a (new): SoHO entities shall not discriminate against SoHO recipients on any of the grounds listed in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union , unless it is necessary to protect the health of the SoHO recipient or of the SoHO donor. Such discriminatory action shall be based on scientific evidence.
RemovedArticle 61 – paragraph 1: The responsible person for release of SoHOs pursuant to Article 38 may release a certain SoHO preparation for application to a certain recipient in cases where that SoHO preparation does not meet all of the relevant standards and guidelines referred to in Article 59, when the significant potential benefit for the recipient outweighs the risks and no alternative is available. The responsible person shall authorise such an exceptional release only when the physician treating the intended recipient is in agreement. The responsible person shall document the decision process in a risk-benefit assessment. In such circumstances, the intended recipient shall be informed of the exceptional release and shall give consent in accordance with national legislation prior to the SoHO application.
AddedArticle 58 – paragraph 1: 1. SoHO entities shall, based on the guidelines referred to in Article 59, establish procedures with measures, and, where necessary, combinations of measures, that ensure high levels of safety and quality and demonstrate benefits for SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction that outweigh any risks. They shall, in particular, achieve a high level of assurance that pathogens, toxins or genetic conditions are not transmitted to recipients or offspring from medically assisted reproduction.
RemovedUnder this article, the physician treating the recipient bears the responsibility for exceptional release. It appears disproportionate to involve two physicians and a responsible person, especially as the responsible person and the physician referred to in Article 51 could be the same person.
AddedArticle 58 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. Where possible, SoHO entities shall use technologies to reduce clinical risks for SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction, and to improve the quality of SoHOs.
RemovedArticle 62 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States, in collaboration with National SoHO Authorities, shall draw up national SoHO emergency plans focusing on the therapeutic uses of SoHOs and setting out measures to be applied without undue delay when the supply situation for critical SoHOs presents or is likely to present a serious risk to human health.
AddedArticle 58 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) testing of donors for communicable diseases using certified and validated testing methods or other methods deemed appropriate in EDQM and ECDC guidelines;
RemovedAlthough it is necessary for the safety of recipients that this regulation apply to all uses of SoHOs (therapeutic, aesthetic, nutritional...), it may be necessary to establish priorities in case of supply problems.
AddedArticle 58 – paragraph 2 – point c: (c) when feasible, using processing technologies that reduce, eliminate or inactivate any potential communicable pathogens.
RemovedArticle 62 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall make all reasonable efforts to promote public participation in SoHO donation activities, in particular for critical SoHOs, with a view to ensuring a resilient supply and responsive increases in donation rates when risks of shortage are detected. In so doing:
AddedArticle 58 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new): (ca) where possible and appropriate, using methods of detection, inactivation or elimination of microorganisms.
RemovedArticle 62 – paragraph 2 – point a (new): (a) they shall encourage the collection of SoHO with a strong public and non-profit sector involvement;
AddedArticle 58 – paragraph 10 – point a: (a) apply SoHO preparations to recipients without proven benefit, except in the context of a clinical investigation approved in the context of a conditional authorisation of the SoHO preparation by their competent authority pursuant to Article 41(4) or in the context of compassionate use and experimental therapy in the situations referred to in Articles 61 and 61a or a clinical study referred to in Article 41a;
RemovedArticle 62 – paragraph 2 – point b (new): (b) they shall endeavour to implement the measures recommended in the European strategy for promoting the donation of substances of human origin in accordance with Article 62a.
AddedArticle 58 – paragraph 10 – point b: (b) apply SoHO preparations to recipients unnecessarily; SoHO entities shall make optimal use of SoHOs, taking into account therapeutic alternatives, and following the most up-to-date scientific guidelines as referred to in Article 59;
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RemovedArticle 62 – paragraph 3 – point e: (e) a procedure for the development of preparedness plans for specific identified risks, in particular those concerning communicable disease outbreaks, in order in particular to ensure pandemic prevention and preparedness;
AddedArticle 58 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1: For the measures referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, SoHO entities shall verify the eligibility of a donor by means of an interview with him/her, his/her legal guardian or, in case of a donation after death, a relevant individual that is informed regarding the donor’s health and lifestyle history. The interview may be combined with any interview conducted as part of the evaluation referred to in Article 53.
RemovedArticle 62 – paragraph 5: 5. Member States shall take into account the guidance of the ECDC, for emergencies related to epidemiological outbreaks, in order in particular to ensure pandemic prevention and preparedness, and of the guidelines published by the EDQM, for emergency planning in general.
AddedArticle 58 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2: For donors that donate repeatedly, the interviews referred to in the first subparagraph may be limited to aspects that might have changed and may be replaced with questionnaires, while ensuring that all obligations under Article 53(1), points (e) and (f), and Article 53(2) are met.
RemovedArticle 62 – paragraph 6: 6. Member States shall review annually their national SoHO emergency plans to take into account changes in the organisation of competent authorities and experience gained from implementing the plans and simulation exercises.
AddedArticle 59 – paragraph 4 – introductory part: 4. For those standards or elements of standards concerning recipient and offspring protection for which no implementing act has been adopted, in order to apply such standards or elements thereof, SoHO entities shall follow in order of priority:
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RemovedArticle 62 a (new): Article 62a / Development of a strategy for the promotion of European SoHO supply self-sufficiency / 1. Within two years after adoption of this Regulation, the Commission shall publish a strategy for the promotion of European SoHO supply self-sufficiency. That strategy shall set ambitious targets for each SoHO, laid down by the Commission in coordination with national competent authorities, the European Parliament, scientists from professional associations and patient associations, as well as all other relevant stakeholders. Without prejudice to Articles 53 and 54, and in particular the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation, it shall promote action to: / (a) publicise at European level the various types of SoHO donations that are achievable; / (b) introduce a European day given over to the donation of essential SoHOs; / (c) encourage extending opening days and hours of SoHO collection entities and establishments outside traditional working hours; / (d) make the professions essential for carrying out SoHO donations more attractive; / (e) ensure awareness raising in connection with SoHO donations by healthcare workers in hospitals and healthcare facilities; / (f) ensure sound blood stock management in accordance with patient blood management practices. / 2. Within two years after publication of that European strategy, Member States shall adopt national priority action programmes for donor recruitment. / 3. Those national plans shall take into account the Commission’s strat…
AddedArticle 59 – paragraph 6: deleted
RemovedUnion dependence on third countries for SoHOs, in particular for plasma, is not inevitable. It is essential that Union self-sufficiency be gradually built up on the basis of a European strategy. Relying on imports exposes Member States and the Union to supply disruptions in the event of a sudden interruption of trade with exporting third countries.
AddedArticle 61 a (new): Article 61a / Derogation from the obligations to authorise SoHO preparations in emergency situations or in situations where there is no therapeutic alternative / 1. By way of derogation from Article 21, competent authorities may permit, at the request of a SoHO entity and where duly justified by a health emergency, the distribution or preparation for immediate application of SoHO preparations within their territory in cases where the procedures referred to in that Article have not been carried out, provided that the use of those SoHO preparations is in the interest of public health. Competent authorities shall indicate the period of time for which the permission is granted or shall define conditions that make it possible to clearly establish that period of time. / 2 Competent authorities may furthermore grant, on an exceptional basis, a conditional and temporary authorisation for SoHO preparations at the request of a prescribing physician within a SoHO entity, in situations where there is no therapeutic alternative, provided that: / (a) provision has been made for the use of such preparations for a given patient, in the event that treatment cannot be postponed or when the patient’s vital interests so require; / (b) the preparations can be deemed to be safe and effective on the basis of the available clinical data. / 3. Competent authorities shall immediately inform the SoHO National Authority of any exceptional authorisation and, without undue delay, enter information on any …
AddedArticle 62 – title: Establishment of national SoHO emergency plans and of plans to ensure continuity of supply of SoHOs
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States, in collaboration with National SoHO Authorities, shall draw up national plans to strive for sufficiency of supply of critical SoHOs and contribute to European autonomy in the context of a resilient supply chain. / The national plans shall in particular include measures to ensure that the donor base is resilient, actions to make a more efficient use of SoHOs, monitoring of trends in the supply of critical SoHOs as well as measures for cases where national SoHO stocks exceed the national demand and SoHOs are exported to other countries with SoHO shortages. / When drawing up and reviewing their national plans, Member States shall take into account the recommendations issued by the Commission in accordance with Article 62a and best practices documented by the SCB in accordance with Article 68.
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall make all reasonable efforts, in line with the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation, to promote public participation in SoHO donation activities, in particular for critical SoHOs, with a view to ensuring a resilient supply and responsive increases in donation rates when risks of shortage are detected. In so doing, they shall, among other measures: / (a) include all relevant stakeholders in the drawing up of their national plans; / (b) ensure that there is an adequate number of SoHO collection entities, with a strong public and non-profit sector involvement, and of SoHO establishments as well as adequate opening times; / (c) ensure appropriate working conditions and adequate training are provided for relevant SoHO professions; / (d) ensure that critical SoHO donor recruitment and retainment strategies are put in place, including communication campaigns and education programmes; / (e) establish quantitative collection targets for critical SoHOs.
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. SoHO entities shall report to the competent authorities on potential shortages of SoHOs or upon request from the competent authorities in accordance with Article 34a. The competent authorities shall be responsible for monitoring the availability of SoHOs at national level.
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 3: 3. In cases where the availability of SoHOs or products derived from them depends on potential commercial interests, each Member State shall ensure that those SoHO entities, within the limit of their responsibilities, provide an appropriate and continuous supply of SoHOs, or their derivatives, to patients in their territory . Member States shall negotiate fair and transparent prices for SoHO-derived products that are based on altruistic and unpaid donations. Member States shall also ensure that affordable products are available to patients and that there is continuous investment in research and innovation in relation to those products. / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. By ... [2 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], Member States shall submit their national plans to the Commission and the SCB. They shall review their national plans every two years, and inform the Commission and the SCB of any substantial change to those plans.
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 4: 4. In order to be able to deal with emergency situations that arise, when the supply situation for critical SoHOs presents or is likely to present a serious risk to human health, Member States shall specify the following in the plans referred to in paragraph 1: / (a) potential risks to the supply of critical SoHOs and measures that impact the demand for SoHOs; / (b) the critical SoHO entities to be involved; / (c) the powers and responsibilities of competent authorities; / (d) channels and procedures for sharing information between competent authorities, including competent authorities of other Member States and other parties concerned, as appropriate; / (e) a procedure for the development of preparedness plans for specific identified risks, in particular those concerning communicable disease outbreaks; / (f) a procedure for the assessment and authorisation, when justified, of requests from SoHO entities for derogations from the standards defined in Chapters VI and VII; / (g) actions to prioritise therapeutic uses of critical SoHOs and certain patients in the event of shortages.
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 5: 5. Member States shall ensure that any derogation granted in accordance with paragraph 4, point (f), is time-limited and is justified insofar as it implies risks that are lower than the risk of shortage of the specific SoHO.
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 6: 6. Member States shall take into account the guidance of the ECDC, for emergencies related to epidemiological outbreaks, in particular to ensure pandemic prevention and preparedness, and the guidelines published by the EDQM, for emergency planning in general.
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 77 to supplement this Regulation by describing:
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) rules for the establishment of the national plans provided for in paragraph 1 to the extent necessary to ensure the consistent and effective management of supply interruptions;
AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b: (b) the role of stakeholders and the supportive role of the ECDC and the EDQM in the establishment and operation of national plans;
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AddedArticle 62 a (new): Article 62a / Development of a strategy for the promotion of European SoHO supply autonomy / 1. By ... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall publish a strategy for the promotion of European SoHO supply autonomy. That strategy shall set out a roadmap with ambitious targets for each critical SoHO, laid down by the Commission in coordination with national competent authorities, the SCB, the ECDC, the European Parliament, scientists from professional associations and patient associations, as well as with all other relevant stakeholders. Without prejudice to Articles 53 and 54, the strategy shall promote actions to: / (a) support and coordinate communication campaigns at European and national level on the various types of SoHO donations that are available; / (b) support, through relevant programmes, the training of healthcare workers in hospital and healthcare facilities, to raise awareness concerning SoHO donations; / (c) coordinate the exchange of best practices linked to optimisation of the use of critical SoHOs. / 2. The strategy referred to in paragraph 1 shall include actions to establish a Union list of critical SoHOs. / 3. The strategy referred to in paragraph 1 shall include actions to ensure that the reports referred to in Article 34a are regularly monitored via the EU SoHO Platform referred to in Chapter XI. Such monitoring shall be aimed at identifying at Union level any actual or potential shortages which would endange…
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ChangedArticle 63 – paragraph 3: 3. The SoHO National Authorities shallshall, without undue delay, submit to the EU SoHO Platform the SoHO supply alert received.
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RemovedArticle 64 – paragraph 2: 2. Competent authorities shall inform the SoHO National Authority of the emergency authorisation. The SoHO National Authority shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of any decision to permit the distribution or preparation for immediate application of SoHO preparations in accordance with paragraph 1.
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RemovedArticle 65 – paragraph 1 a (new): In accordance with the Treaties, application of this Article shall be based on public-health protection grounds determined in proportion to risks in such a way as to minimise the effect on the free movement of goods and persons within the Union.
AddedArticle 65 – title: Additional emergency and supply measures by Member States
RemovedArticle 67 – paragraph 2: 2. Each Member State shall nominate two permanent members and two alternates representing the SoHO National Authority and, where the Member State chooses, the Ministry of Health. The SoHO National Authority may nominate members from other competent authorities, but those members shall ensure that the views and suggestions they make are endorsed by the SoHO National Authority. The Board may also invite experts and observers to attend its meetings, and may cooperate with other external experts as appropriate. Other Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies shall have an observer role. The Commission shall ensure the best possible coordination between all its departments and shall in particular ensure that HERA has access to information.
AddedArticle 65 – paragraph 1: Member States may take additional measures to the ones set out in their national SoHO emergency and supply plans to ensure critical SoHOs supply in case of shortages on their territory, on a case-by-case basis. Member States taking such measures shall inform the other Member States, the SCB and the Commission without undue delay and give reasons for the measures taken.
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RemovedArticle 67 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. The Commission shall ensure the independence and impartiality of experts and observers invited to attend SoHO Coordination Board meetings.
AddedArticle 66 – title: SoHO entity emergency and continuity of supply plans
RemovedArticle 67 – paragraph 6 – point i: (i) invitation of individuals, private organisations or associations, or public entities in the capacity of observers;
AddedArticle 66 – paragraph 1: Each SoHO entity carrying out SoHO activities that concern critical SoHOs shall have a continuity of supply plan and a SoHO entity emergency plan. Those plans shall support the implementation of the national continuity of supply and SoHO emergency plans as referred to in Article 62.
RemovedArticle 67 – paragraph 6 – point j a (new): (ja) publicity and transparency, as well as access to minutes of meetings;
AddedArticle 67 – paragraph 2: 2. Each Member State shall nominate two permanent members and two alternates representing the SoHO National Authority and, where the Member State chooses, the Ministry of Health. The SoHO National Authority may nominate members from other competent authorities, but those members shall ensure that the views and suggestions they make are endorsed by the SoHO National Authority. The Board may also invite experts and observers to attend its meetings, and may cooperate with other external experts as appropriate. Such experts and stakeholders may include consumers, patients, health professionals and researchers. Other relevant Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies or services shall have an observer role. The European Parliament shall designate a technical representative to participate in the SCB as an observer.
RemovedArticle 68 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) preparing opinions at the request of competent authorities in accordance with Article 14(2) first sub-paragraph, on the regulatory status under this Regulation of a substance, product or activity and transmitting its opinions to the compendium and to the authorities established in other relevant Union legislation referred to in Article 2(3), such as the EMA and the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG);
AddedArticle 67 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall submit the names and affiliation of their nominated members to the Commission, who shall make publicly available the membership list on the EU SoHO Platform. The list setting out the authorities, organisations or bodies to which the SCB participants belong shall be published on the Commission's website.
RemovedArticle 68 – paragraph 1 – point e: (e) liaising for the exchange of experience and good practices, as relevant, with the EDQM and the ECDC regarding technical standards, with the EMA on authorisations and supervisory activities concerning the implementation of the PMF certification pursuant to Directive 2003/63/EC, and with the ECDC and HERA regarding prevention, preparedness and response in connection with serious cross-border threats to health pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/23711a, to support the harmonised implementation of standards and technical guidelines; / 1a Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 1082/2013/EU (OJ L 314, 6.12.2022, p. 26).
AddedArticle 67 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. The Commission shall make publicly available the rules of procedure and guidance of the SCB, as well as the agendas and the minutes of the meetings of the SCB on the EU SoHO Platform, unless such publication undermines the protection of a public or private interest, as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. / 1a Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).
RemovedArticle 68 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new): (ga) drawing up recommendations on modifications to preparations requiring fresh applications for authorisation in accordance with Articles 40 and 41.
AddedArticle 67 – paragraph 4: 4. The SCB shall be co-chaired by a representative of the Commission and by one rotating representative of the Member States, who shall be elected by and from among the representatives of the Member States in the SCB. The chair shall not take part in votes of the SCB.
RemovedArticle 71 – paragraph 1 a (new): The Commission shall ensure that those guidelines reflect the interests of Member States and, where appropriate, may adopt implementing acts laying down standards in line with those interests.
AddedArticle 67 – paragraph 6 – point j: (j) the rules for declarations regarding conflict of interests of SCB members, alternates, observers and invited experts;
RemovedArticle 73 – paragraph 2: 2. The Commission shall make a summary of data of public interest and make it accessible to the public on the EU SoHO Platform in aggregated and anonymised formats. The EU SoHO Platform shall provide a channel for restricted exchange of information and data between competent authorities, between SoHO entities and their respective competent authorities, and between the various Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies that are active on the coordination board established by this Regulation.
AddedArticle 67 – paragraph 6 – point k a (new): (ka) make available to the public a summary of the topics discussed at the meetings.
RemovedArticle 73 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5a. In order in particular to prevent supply tensions and to ensure donor and recipient security, the Commission shall ensure that the EU SoHO Platform is interoperable with the other existing Union platforms, in particular the EMA’s European Shortages Monitoring Platform established by Regulation (EU) 2022/1231a. / 1a Regulation (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 January 2022 on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices (OJ L 20, 31.1.2022, p. 1).
AddedArticle 67 – paragraph 7: 7. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 77 to supplement this Regulation by setting out the necessary measures for the establishment, management and functioning of the SCB. / (deleted)
RemovedArticle 73 – paragraph 5 b (new): 5b. The Commission shall ensure that the EMA, ECDC and HERA have access to the SoHO Platform information falling within their respective remits, as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2022/123, Regulation (EU) 2022/23701a and Commission Decision 2021/C 393. / 1a Regulation (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European centre for disease prevention and control (OJ L 314, 6.12.2022, p. 1).
AddedArticle 67 – paragraph 7 a (new): 7a. Members of the SCB shall not have financial or other interests in related industries which could affect their impartiality. They shall undertake to act in the public interest and in an independent manner, and shall make an annual declaration of their financial interests. All indirect interests which could relate to this industry shall be entered in a register held by the Commission which is accessible to the public, on request, at the Commission’s offices. / The SCB’s code of conduct shall make reference to the implementation of this Article, in particular in relation to the acceptance of gifts.
RemovedArticle 74 – paragraph 2: 2. The EU SoHO platform shall also provide a secure environment for the exchange of information between competent authorities and the competent departments of the Commission, in particular in relation to SAO, rapid alerts and SoHO supply alerts, and between competent authorities and HERA, the EMA and the ECDC. It shall also provide public access to information regarding the registration and authorisation status of SoHO entities and shall indicate the applicable guidelines to be followed to meet the technical standards laid down in Articles 56 and 59.
AddedArticle 67 – paragraph 7 b (new): 7b. Members of the SCB, experts and observers shall declare, at each meeting, any specific interests which could be considered to be prejudicial to their independence with respect to the items on the agenda. Such declarations shall be made available to the public.
RemovedArticle 77 – paragraph 2: 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 28(10), 42(3), 53(6), 54(3)(c), 58(15), 69(6), 73(4) and 76(8) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from … [OP please insert the date = date of entry into force of this Regulation].
AddedArticle 68 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) in collaboration with other authorities designated pursuant to other relevant Union legislation, preparing opinions at the request of competent authorities in accordance with Article 14(1) and (2), on the regulatory status under this Regulation of a substance, product or activity and transmitting its opinions to the compendium;
RemovedArticle 77 – paragraph 3: 3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 28(10), 42(3), 53(6), 54(3)(c), 58(15), 69(6), 73(4), and 76(8) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
AddedArticle 68 – paragraph 1 – point e: (e) liaising for the exchange of experience and good practices, as relevant, with the EDQM and the ECDC regarding technical standards within their respective areas of expertise, and with the EMA on authorisations and supervisory activities concerning the implementation of the PMF certification pursuant to Directive 2003/63/EC, to support the harmonised implementation of standards and technical guidelines;
RemovedArticle 87 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: Unless otherwise provided for in paragraphs 2 and 2a, it shall apply from … [OP please insert the date = two years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
AddedArticle 68 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new): (fa) ensuring coordination regarding continuity and sufficiency of supply of critical SoHOs;
RemovedArticle 87 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Article 62 shall apply from … [OP please insert the date = twelve months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
AddedArticle 68 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new): (ga) in the event of a SoHO-related health emergency or for the purpose of preventing potential threats, collaborate with the Commission, the Advisory Committee on Public Health Emergencies and the ECDC, as established in Regulation (EU) 2022/2371.
AddedArticle 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: The Commission shall organise Union training in cooperation with the Member States.
AddedArticle 71 – paragraph 1: The Commission shall establish and maintain cooperation with the EDQM in relation to the guidelines published by the EDQM. Such cooperation shall be based on the highest scientific standards, be proactive in identifying future needs and be transparent, involving the relevant stakeholders in consultations related to the development of the guidelines. Such cooperation shall be without prejudice to Union law and shall take into account Union principles on transparency and stakeholder participation.
AddedArticle 71 – paragraph 1 a (new): In the event that the guidelines referred to in the first paragraph diverge from the interests of the Union and the Member States, the Commission may adopt complementary guidance for Member States on how and when to apply those guidelines.
AddedArticle 73 – paragraph 1: 1. The Commission shall establish, manage and maintain the EU SoHO Platform to facilitate effective and efficient exchange, registration and storage of information concerning SoHO activities and supply of critical SoHOs in the Union, as provided for in this Regulation.
AddedArticle 73 – paragraph 2: 2. The Commission shall make a summary of data of public interest and make it accessible to the public on the EU SoHO Platform in aggregated and anonymised formats. The EU SoHO Platform shall provide a channel for restricted exchange of information and data between competent authorities.
AddedArticle 73 – paragraph 4: 4. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 77 supplementing this Regulation by laying down technical specifications regarding the establishment, management and maintenance of the EU SoHO Platform, and establishing access rights for national competent authorities and Union bodies and agencies to carry out their tasks, and minimum categories of information to be shared pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article.
AddedArticle 73 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5a. In order in particular to prevent supply tensions and to ensure donor and recipient security, the Commission shall ensure that the EU SoHO Platform is interoperable with the other existing Union platforms, in particular the EMA’s European Shortages Monitoring Platform established by Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council 1a. / 1a Regulation (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 January 2022 on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices (OJ L 20, 31.1.2022, p. 1).
AddedArticle 74 – paragraph 2: 2. The EU SoHO platform shall also provide a secure environment for the exchange of information between competent authorities and the competent Directorates General of the Commission, in particular in relation to SAO, rapid alerts and SoHO supply alerts, and between competent authorities and the SCB, the EMA and the ECDC. It shall also provide public access to information regarding the registration and authorisation status of SoHO entities and shall indicate the applicable guidelines to be followed to meet the technical standards laid down in Articles 56 and 59.
AddedArticle 74 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. The EU SoHO Platform shall also be the main intermediary for reporting SoHO shortages, for cross-border requests for SoHOs and for import and export of SoHOs. National authorities shall issue and receive alerts concerning shortages that cannot be resolved at Member State level, as well as SoHO cross-border requests and shall be able to respond to them. National authorities, aware of the national availability of SoHOs, as referred to in Article 34a, shall use the EU SoHO Platform to report any SoHO shortages that may lead to a public health emergency or severe occurrence.
AddedArticle 74 – paragraph 2 b (new): 2b. In the event of a SoHO-related health emergency or for the purpose of preventing potential threats, alerts issued through the EU SoHO Platform shall enable the Commission, competent authorities and other relevant bodies to rapidly develop awareness of such emergency or of potential threats so that action can be taken as soon as possible in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2022/2371.
AddedArticle 74 – paragraph 2 c (new): 2c. The EU SoHO Platform shall contain a record of SoHO clinical and their results, as referred to in Article 36a.
AddedArticle 74 – paragraph 3: 3. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 77 to supplement this Regulation and to ensure uniformity, compatibility and comparability of data exchanged through the platform by laying down technical specifications for the EU SoHO Platform, including its functions, the roles and responsibilities of each of the parties listed in paragraph 1, the retention periods for personal data and the technical and organisational measures to ensure the safety and security of personal data processed. / (deleted)
AddedArticle 75 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data in accordance with Article 76;
AddedArticle 75 – paragraph 3: 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not affect the rights and obligations of the Commission, Member States and competent authorities with regard to the exchange of information and the dissemination of alerts, nor the obligations of persons to provide information under national criminal law or other applicable law, including on access to information.
AddedArticle 75 – paragraph 6 – point b: (b) the information or data made available to the public does not unnecessarily undermine the protection of commercial interests of a SoHO entity or any other natural or legal person any other natural or legal person;
AddedArticle 76 – paragraph 3: 3. Personal data, including data concerning health, required for the application of Articles 35, 36, 41 and 47, Article 53(1), points (f) and (g), Article 53(3), and Article 58(11), (13) and (14), shall only be processed for the purpose of ensuring safety and quality of SoHOs and protecting the concerned SoHO donors, SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction. Those data shall be directly related to the performance of the supervisory activities and SoHO activities concerned and be limited to the extent necessary and proportionate for that purpose. The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down categories of personal data necessary for such processing. / Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 79(2).
AddedArticle 76 – paragraph 6: 6. In relation to their responsibilities to process personal data to comply with the obligations of this Regulation, the SoHO entities and competent authorities of the Member States shall be regarded as controllers as defined in Article 4, point (7), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and they are bound by the rules of that Regulation. The same provisions shall apply to any third party contracted by a SoHO entity for the processing of personal data. Such third party shall be considered to be a processor as defined in Article 4, point (8), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
AddedArticle 77 – paragraph 2: 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 28(10), Article 42(3), Article 53(6), Article 56(1), Article 58(15), Article 62(7), Article 67(7), Article 69(6), Article 73(4), Article 74(3) and Article 76(8) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from … [OP please insert the date = date of entry into force of this Regulation].
AddedArticle 77 – paragraph 3: 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 28(10), Article 42(3), Article 53(6), Article 56(1), Article 58(15), Article 62(7), Article 67(7), Article 69(6), Article 73(4), Article 74(3) and Article 76(8)may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
AddedArticle 84 – paragraph 1: Without prejudice to the dates of application referred to in Article 87 and the transitional provisions provided for in this Chapter, the Commission is empowered to adopt the delegated acts referred to in Article 42(3), Article 67(7), Article 73(4) and Article 74(3) and the implementing acts referred to in Article 26(4), Article 43(6), Article 44(3) and Article 46(3) as from … [OP please insert the date = one day after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. Such acts shall apply from the date of application in accordance with Article 87(1), second subparagraph, without prejudice to any transitional rules provided for in this Chapter.
AddedArticle 86 – paragraph 1: The Commission shall, by … [OP please insert the date = five years after the date of application of this Regulation] assess the application of this Regulation, produce an evaluation report on the progress towards achievement of the objectives of this Regulation and present the main findings to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of the Regions. In that report, the Commission shall also consider the feasibility of and the need for establishing a central register for SoHO donations.
AddedArticle 86 – paragraph 3: Member States shall provide the Commission with additional information necessary and proportionate for the preparation of the evaluation report. The evaluation report shall, where appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation.
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@misc{epw-text-2023-07-26,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Changes between ENVI-PR-738661 and A-9-2023-0250}},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-07-26},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ENVI-PR-738661/compare/A-9-2023-0250}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ENVI-PR-738661/compare/A-9-2023-0250},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. from ENVI-PR-738661, to A-9-2023-0250. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}