6. Is donation of sperm/oocytes/embryos permitted in your country? Yes
7. Are there specific compensation arrangements for donations of sperm/oocytes/embryos? Yes. Financial rewards are explicitly prohibited. Compensation for travel costs, administrative burdens and loss of earnings are legal under conditions (Act § 170 (3))
8. Are there specific criteria for donation of sperm/oocytes/embryos? Yes.
For a. and b. In a concrete intervention with gamete donation only one and the same person can be the donor.
The donation is prohibited (Act §171 (7))
Sperm: if the donor has a pathology excluding donation (Decree, appendix Nr. 3)
Oocytes: the donor refuses giving his/her personal data required (Act §171 (3))
Embryos: if the donor does not appear in person at the center
Age limit is 35 years (Act §171 (1))
Embryo donation is anonymous
Further conditions for embryo donation are detailed in Act §176
9. Are there specific non-medical criteria for selection of gametes/embryos to be used for MAP? Yes.
For gametes, the appearance, as well as eventual illness of the donor are registered data.
For oocyte donation, the level of eventual parent status must be considered (Act § 171 (4)).
For embryo donation, embryos issuing from the same couple may only be implanted in MAP for maximum two different persons. (Act § 175 (4)).
10. Are there special measures for the prevention of consanguinity?
The number of descendants from the same gamete donor with different persons included in MAP intervention cannot exceed 4.
MAP intervention can only be requested by persons who are not in level of parentage that would prevent legal marriage between them (Civil Code § 4:12 (1) a) and b), i.e. between linear relatives and brothers/sisters).
In MAP with persons in other level of consanguinity the physician indicating MAP has to previously consult with the Regional Genetic Center (Decree §1 (3)).
Embryos issuing from the same couple may only be implanted in MAP for two different persons (Act § 175 (4)).
11. In a homosexual couple, is a legal relationship possible between a child and the partner of the legal parent? No. MAP is restricted to heterosexual couples.