Doc. 9403

27 March 2002

Xenotransplantation

Recommendation 1399 (1999)

Reply from the Committee of Ministers

adopted at the 789^th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies (20 March 2002)

The Committee of Ministers, on 27 February 2002, considered the progress of the activities of the Working Party on Xenotransplantation (CDBI/CDSP-XENO).

It notes that the drafting of guidelines for member states relating to xenotransplantation is tending towards the preparation of a draft recommendation, accompanied by an explanatory report, and wishes to inform the Parliamentary Assembly that the completion of this draft legal instrument necessitates an extension of the terms of reference of the CDBI/CDSP-XENO to 31 December 2002.

The Committee of Ministers will communicate this recommendation to the Assembly as soon as it has been adopted.