CHAPTER VIU.K.CONSULTATION OF COMMITTEES

Article 28U.K.Technical requirements and their adaptation to scientific and technical progress

[F1The following technical requirements and their adaptation to scientific and technical progress shall be decided by the Commission:]

(a)

requirements for the accreditation, designation, authorisation or licensing of tissue establishments;

(b)

requirements for the procurement of human tissues and cells;

(c)

quality system, including training;

(d)

selection criteria for the donor of tissues and/or cells;

(e)

laboratory tests required for donors;

(f)

cell and/or tissue procurement procedures and reception at the tissue establishment;

(g)

requirements for the tissue and cell preparation process;

(h)

tissue and cell processing, storage and distribution;

(i)

requirements for the direct distribution to the recipient of specific tissues and cells.

[F2Technical requirements referred to in points (a) to (i), being measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 29(3).

On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may have recourse to the urgency procedure referred to in Article 29(4) as regards technical requirements referred to in points (d) and (e) of this Article.]