{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-33/annex-IV/division-1/division-1.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-33/annex-IV/division-1/division-1.2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2004/33/EC of 22 March 2004 implementing Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for blood and blood components (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-33",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/1/division/1.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.2",
  "heading": "Cryopreservation",
  "text": "Component\nStorage conditions and duration\nRed blood cells\nUp to 30 years according to processes used for collection, processing and storage\nPlatelets\nUp to 24 months according to processes used for collection, processing and storage\nPlasma and cryoprecipitate\nUp to 36 months according to processes used for collection, processing and storage\nCryopreserved red blood cells and platelets must be formulated in a suitable medium after thawing. The allowable storage period after thawing to depend on the method used.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2004/33/annex/IV/division/1/division/1.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:49.438638+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}