The European Affairs Committee and the Committee on Health
The EU-Secretariat of the Folketing
Date:
12 February 2009
Opinion adopted by the
European Affairs Committee of the Danish Parliament
On the Commission’s proposal for a Directive of the European
Parliament and of the Council on standards of quality and safety of
human organs intended for transplantation - COM(2008) 818 final
At the request of COSAC, the European Affairs Committee of the Danish
Parliament has conducted an assessment of whether the “proposal for a
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards of
quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation” complies with
the principle of subsidiarity.
It is the assessment of a majority of the European Affairs Committee and the
Committee on Health, composed of the Liberal Party, the Social Democrats,
the Conservatives, the Socialist People’s Party, the Social-Liberal Party and
Ms. Pia Christmas-Møller (Non-attached Member), that the objectives of the
Directive can best be attained through regulation at the European level, and
that the proposal therefore complies with the principle of subsidiarity.
A minority composed of the Danish People’s Party furthermore holds the view
that the subsidiarity principle can be regarded as respected given that the
directive seeks to resolve a concrete problem within the area and that the
purpose of the directive is minimum harmonisation as described by the
Minister of Health in his answer to question no. S 891 and S 1034 (Session of
the Folketing 2008-2009)
Finally a minority composed of the Red-Green Alliance has expressed the
view that they find that the proposal does not comply with the principle of
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