Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union Link
Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data Link
Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices Link
Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce') Link
Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the implementation of good clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials on medicinal products for human use Link
UNESCO Declarations
The Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (1997) Link
International Declaration on Human Genetic Data (2003) Link
Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005) Link
Conventions of the Council of Europe
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Link
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 Link
Other material
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Link
Article 29 Data Protection Working Party: Opinion 6/2000 on the Human Genome and Privacy Link
Article 29 Data Protection Working Party: Working Document on genetic data. Adopted on March 17, 2004. Link
National legislation
Austria: Datenschutzgesetz 2000 Link Federal Act Concerning the Protection of Personal Data 2000 Link
Germany: Bundesdatenschutzgesetz Link Federal Data Protection Act Link
