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Biosociety and the Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy


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		Bioethics networks
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Page last update: 25/12/2008

National ethics committees

Below is a list of national ethics committees specialising in the ethical aspects of the life sciences, biotechnology, agriculture, food safety and health.

EU Member States

Country	Organisations
Austria	A commission on bioethics was established at the Federal Chancellery in June 2001.
Belgium	Belgian Consultative Committee on Bioethics
Cyprus	National Bioethics Committee of Cyprus
Bulgaria	Central Ethics Commission
Czech Republic	The Center for Bioethics
Denmark	The Danish Ethics Council
Estonia	Estonian Council of Bioethics
Finland	Board for Gene Technology National Advisory Board on Research Ethics National Committee on Medical Research Ethics
France	National Consultative Committee of Ethics
Germany	The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DE] The Zentrale Ethikkommission [DE] The German National Ethics Council and the inquiry of the Commission of the German Parliament on Law and Ethics in Medicine
Greece	The National Bioethics Committee
Hungary	National Bioethics Commission
Ireland	The Irish Council for Bioethics
Italy	The Italian National Bioethics Committee
Latvia	The Central Medical Ethics Committee
Lithuania	Lithuania Bioethics Committee
Luxembourg	National Consultative Ethics Commission
Malta	Bioethics Consultative Committee
Netherlands	The Health Council
Poland	Commission of Bioethics
Portugal	National Council of Ethics for Life Sciences
Romania	Bioethics Commission
The Slovak Republic	National Ethics Committee
Slovenia	National Medical Ethics Committee
Spain	The Spanish National Commission on Human Reproduction; the Spanish Observatory of Law and Ethics
Sweden	The Swedish Research Council and the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics
United Kingdom	The Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Central Office for Research Ethics Committees

Candidate countries

Country	Organisations
Turkey	Ethics Council

Third countries

Country	Organisations
Canada	Canadian Institute for Health Research
Croatia	No legislation/regulation
Iceland	National Bioethics Committee
Israel	The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Norway	The Norwegian Ministry of Health The Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board The National Committee on Medical Research Ethics
Switzerland	The Central Ethics Committee of the Swiss Academy of Medical Science Swiss Ethics Committee on Non-human Gene Technology Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics
USA	National Bioethics Advisory Commission

The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies

Last update: 25 December 2008 | Top