European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies

We wanted an opinion by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to be taken into account where there are ethical reservations.

He has been Member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) since 2005.

Personally, I am highly sceptical of the way in which the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, which advises the Commission, has been operating.

In addition, the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies is working on an opinion on the ethics of nanomedicine, which we expect to be delivered to President Barroso soon.

In this way, the European Parliament is confronted with a special task requiring the preparation of an annual report on the work of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies.

We call upon the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to take the risks of going beyond certain limits into due consideration, for once these limits have been passed anything appears legitimate if human dignity is not respected.

It is for this reason that the Commission asked the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, the independent advisory body to the Commission in this field, to give an opinion on the ethical aspects of animal cloning for food supply.

In 2004, the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies advised the European Commission that the "legitimacy of commercial cord blood banks for autologous [self] use should be questioned as they sell a service, which has presently, no real use regarding therapeutic options.

From 1992 to 2001, Noelle Lenoir chaired the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies for the European Commission, which advised the EU on biotechnology and on ethics in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) issues and regulations.