Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
Basic information
Dates Date of document:
  • March 31, 2004
Date of publication:
  • April 7, 2004
Date of effect:
  • April 7, 2004
    • Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 32
Date of transposition:
  • April 7, 2006
    • At the latest See Art 31
Date of end of validity:
Modified by
Modified by:
All documents based on this document:
Repealed by:
Modifies
Affected by case
Legal basis
  • Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice 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 (Nice 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
  • Health control
  • Health protection
  • Quality standard
  • Safety standard
  • Medicine
  • Cytology
  • Surgery
  • Public health
  • Substances of human origin