Official documents

Life Sciences and Biotechnology – a Strategy for Europe; Third Progress Report and Future Orientations (29.06.2005) – Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Committee of Regions and the Economic and Social Committee
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Life Sciences and Biotechnology – a Strategy for Europe; Third Progress Report and Future Orientations (29.06.2005) – Annex to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Committee of Regions and the Economic and Social Committee
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Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council - Provisional Minutes (2-3 June 2003) – 2512th Council meeting
[ - 272 Kb]

Life sciences and biotechnology, a strategy for Europe: progress report and future orientations
[ - 112 Kb] (05.03.2003) - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Economic and Social Committee

‘Quality and safety of human tissue and cells’ – Public hearing in the European Parliament (29.01.2003)

Results of the consultation on the need for a Community legal framework on ‘human tissue engineered products’ held in 2002 – European Commission / DG Enterprise:

Life sciences and biotechnology – A Strategy for Europe [ - 176 Kb] (23.01.2002) - Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions

Opinion on the state of the art concerning tissue engineering (1 October 2001) – Scientific Committee on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices [ - 64 Kb]

Towards a strategic vision of life sciences and biotechnology: consultation document [ - 224 Kb] (04.09.2001) - Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions

Commission Action Plan: Science and Society [ - 400 Kb] (04.12.2001) - Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions

Report on the ethical, legal, economic and social implications of human genetics [ -914 Kb]
- European Parliament Temporary Committee on Human Genetics and Other New Technologies in Modern Medicine (November 2001)

Report on the Future of the Biotechnology Industry [ -98 Kb] (28.02.2001) -
European Parliament Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy

Opinion on the ethical aspects of tissue banking (21 July 1998) – European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European Commission

Report on the impact of biotechnology on agriculture [ -43 Kb] (03.02.1998)
European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

See also basic European legal texts in the field of biosociety.