{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-25/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2012/25",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Directive 2012/25/EU of 9 October 2012 laying down information procedures for the exchange, between Member States, of human organs intended for transplantation (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-25",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) ‘Member State of origin’ means the Member State where the organ is procured with the purpose of transplantation;\n(b) ‘Member State of destination’ means the Member State to which the organ is sent for the purpose of transplantation;\n(c) ‘National donor/recipient identification number’ means the identification code attributed to a donor or a recipient in accordance with the identification system established at national level pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2010/53/EU;\n(d) ‘Specification of the organ’ means (1) the anatomical description of an organ including: its type (e.g. heart, liver); (2) where applicable, its position (left or right) in the body; and (3) whether it is a whole organ or a part of an organ, mentioning the lobe or segment of the organ;\n(e) ‘a delegated body’ means a body to which tasks have been delegated in accordance with Article 17(1) of Directive 2010/53/EU or a European organ exchange organisation to which tasks have been delegated in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2010/53/EU.",
  "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/2012/25/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:56.914857+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."
}