However, the report points to some gaps and difficulties in relation to the application and enforcement of the existing provisions (e.g. definitions, requirements on the safety aspects regarding living donors, inspections framework), some of them owing to the different approaches taken by the Member States when transposing and implementing the current EU legislation and others due to the scientific and technologic developments since the adoption of the Directives.
Kertomuksessa painotetaan kuitenkin joitakin puutteita ja ongelmia nykyisten säännösten soveltamisessa ja valvonnassa (esimerkiksi määritelmät, elävien luovuttajien turvallisuusnäkökohtia koskevat vaatimukset, tarkastusten puitteet).