Legal notices

Content: ECRIN Regulatory and Ethical Database  ("RED") is a central resource for information about clinical study regulatory and ethical requirements covering over 20 European Union (EU) countries as well as Switzerland, Turkey, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Israel, Macedonia and Norway.

Disclaimer

Although this database contains information of a legal nature, it does not constitute legal advice as to the current operative laws and regulations. Please note that this database is intended for informational purposes only. ECRIN accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information on this website.

We try to provide up-to-date and accurate information on each country's regulatory and ethical framework. While every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information, ECRIN cannot guarantee that this website is free of inaccuracies and reflects the most up-to-date versions. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them. Users should check with local authorities and/or research ethics committees before commencing research activities.

When a country’s regulatory and ethical requirements are not available in English, please note that they have been translated into English in the Database using unofficial translation services.

ECRIN cannot be held responsible for the information, views and documents contained in the official national law databases that RED links to, neither for the relevance of such links, nor for any other problem incurred while using this Database. You are invited to read this disclaimer thoroughly as well as the terms and conditions of use applicable to the national database referred to on RED.

Although it is our goal to minimise disruption caused by technical errors, we cannot guarantee that our service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. ECRIN accepts no responsibility in regards to such problems incurred as a result of using the RED website or any linked external websites.
Should you be the publisher of a website linked to or referred to on the ECRIN website and disagree with this link or not like to have your link published, please contact the person responsible for editorial and content management. Written queries may be addressed to: legal@ecrin.org

Legal validity of this disclaimer

If sections or individual terms of this statement are not legal or correct, the content or validity of the other parts remain unaffected by this fact. This disclaimer is not intended to limit the liability of ECRIN in contravention of any requirements laid down in applicable law nor to exclude its liability for matters which may not be excluded under that law.

Processing of personal data

This website, a subdomain of the ECRIN website is subject to the ECRIN Data Privacy Policy. 

Personal data protection

We do not publish any personal data on the RED beyond what is already published by the authorities themselves on their national websites (e.g. key contact information preidentified by regulatory and ethical authorities).

If you are visiting the website ECRIN will not collect or store any personal data, we do not use cookies but do track your presence on our website anonymously as outlined in “Purpose 3 To measure the effectiveness and efficiency of our website” of our Data Privacy Policy.

You have the right to access, correct or suppress any data about your institution or yourself. You may exercise this right by simply sending an email to our Legal Officer at legal@ecrin.org