Opinion on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, (...) Cover Image

Opinia w sprawie projektu rozporządzenia Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady w sprawie badań klinicznych produktów leczniczych stosowanych u ludzi (...)
Opinion on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, (...)

Author(s): Leszek Bosek, Dorota Olejniczak
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: Poland; Constitution; clinical trials; European Union; principle of subsidiarity; principle of proportionality; conferred competences

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the opinion is to examine thoroughly the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use. Presently, the issue of clinical trials is regulated differently in particular EU member states, due to their different legal traditions and constitutional standards. By allowing for experimentation on human beings without their knowledge or consent, the proposed regulation substantially infringes the principles of subsidiarity, proportionality and conferred competences, as well as human dignity and the right to integrity of the person guaranteed by Articles 1 and 3 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. These circumstances sufficiently justify initiation by the Polish Sejm of the procedure specified in Article 6 of Protocol 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality annexed to the Lisbon Treaty.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 118-148
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Polish