Translation of "Human reproductive cloning " (English → French) :

In agreement with the Parliament, therefore, the Council preferred to replace the words "procedures for human reproductive cloning" with the words "procedure for cloning human beings" because it considered that the adjective "reproductive" could be too restrictive.

Support should be given to the Frano-German initiative, addressed to the UN, for a world-wide convention on the prohibition of human reproductive cloning.

The Community has also banned funding of research into human reproductive cloning.

I am pleased by the outcome of the vote in the European Parliament last week that confirms the European Commission's proposal for ethical rules in the next RD Framework Programme. The base line is to exclude from funding any research that involves human reproductive cloning, any research involving the creation of human embryos for research purposes or for the procurement of embryonic stem cells and any research that aims at modifying the genetic heritage of man.

For example, support should be given to the Franco-German initiative for a world-wide convention on the prohibition of human reproductive cloning (Article 3 of the Charter) which has been addressed to the UN.

The 1998 Directive is based explicitly on respect for the fundamental principles safeguarding the dignity and integrity of the person and asserts the principle that neither the human body, at any stage in its formation and development, including germ cells, nor the simple discovery of one of its elements or one of its products, including the sequence or partial sequence of a human gene, can be patented. The Directive in question excludes from patentability human reproductive cloning and the commercial exploitation of embryos or elements of the human body. As regards animals, it even prohibits any patent being granted for genetic modifica ...[+++]tion likely to cause suffering for no substantial benefit.