Directive 2010/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the… Article 2

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Article 2

1. This Directive applies to the donation, testing, characterisation, procurement, preservation, transport and transplantation of organs intended for transplantation. 2. Where such organs are used for research purposes, this Directive only applies where they are intended for transplantation into the human body.

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