Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 setting standards of quality and safety for the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution of human blood and blood components and amending Directive 2001/83/EC
Basic information
Dates Date of document:
  • January 27, 2003
Date of publication:
  • February 8, 2003
Date of effect:
  • February 8, 2003
    • Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 33
Date of transposition:
  • February 8, 2005
    • At the latest See Art 32.1
Date of end of validity:
Modified by
Modified by:
All documents based on this document:
Repealed by:
Modifies
Modifies:
Affected by case
Legal basis
  • Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title XIII: Public health Article 152 Article 129 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Article 129 - EEC Treaty
  • Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) Part Five: Institutions of the Community Title I: Provisions governing the institutions Chapter 2: Provisions common to several institutions Article 251 Article 189b - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
EuroVoc Vocabulary
  • Blood transfusion
  • Health protection
  • Health control
  • Therapeutics
  • Public health
  • Substances of human origin