Besides complying with the legal obligations pursuant to Article 12 (1) and Article 26 of Directive 2004/23/EC, the current report sets out how Directive 2004/23/EC and its implementing Directives 2006/17/EC and 2006/86/EC (hereafter commonly referred to as the EU tissue and cell legislation) function in practice, against a backdrop of significant scientific and organisational developments (internationalisation, commercialisation) that have taken place in the tissue and cell sector over the past decade.
Direktive 2004/23/EZ, u ovom se izvješću utvrđuje način na koji Direktiva 2004/23/EZ i pripadajuće provedbene direktive 2006/17/EZ i 2006/86/EZ (dalje u tekstu na njih se upućuje kao na zakonodavstvo EU-a o tkivima i stanicama) funkcioniraju u praksi s obzirom na važna znanstvena i organizacijska zbivanja (internacionalizacija, komercijalizacija) do kojih je došlo u sektoru tkiva i stanica tijekom proteklog desetljeća.