Registered Members    Remember credentials International Council of Europe European Union National Legislation: Austria Belgium Czech Republic France Germany Italy Spain Portugal United Kingdom Summary of the main regulatory developments in xenotransplantation by country: Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Hungary Italy Japan Korea Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States Council of Europe Recommendation Rec(2003)10 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on xenotransplantation (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 19 June 2003 at the 844th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies) European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes, Strasbourg, 18 March 1986 Convention for the protection of Human Rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, Oviedo, 4 April 1997. Council Decision 1999/575/EC of 23 March 1998 on the conclusion of the European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes (Official Journal L222 of 24.08.1999) Protocol of Amendment to the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes, Strasbourg, 22 June 1998 Council Decision 2003/584/EC of 22 July 2003 concerning the conclusion of the Protocol of Amendment to the European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes (Official Journal L 198, 06.08.2003) Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the Community position on a proposal for a Recommendation concerning pigs to be adopted within the 46th meeting of Standing Committee of the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for farming purposes (Strasbourg, 2004)