Where appropriate data gathered through other channels and supporting the findings of the two surveys (e.g. exchanges with the national competent authorities during the bi-annual meetings with the Commission, mandatory annual reporting to the Commission of serious adverse reactions and events (SARE), alerts launched in the Rapid Alerts for Tissues and Cells (RATC) platform, Eurobarometer survey exploring the views of EU citizens on tissue and cell donation and the output of a number of relevant EU-funded projects and studies) were also taken into account.
Prema potrebi, u obzir su uzeti i podaci prikupljeni drugim kanalima, a kojima se podupiru rezultati dvaju istraživanja (npr. razmjenom s nacionalnim nadležnim tijelima tijekom sastanaka s Komisijom koji se održavaju dva puta godišnje, obveznim godišnjim izvješćivanjem Komisiji o ozbiljnim štetnim reakcijama i događajima, upozorenjima objavljenima na platformi za brza upozorenja o tkivima i stanicama (engl.