Iceland

Iceland Information Region Europe Population 316,252 GDP (millions USD) 20,003 National Policies Eggs for assisted reproduction ? Eggs for research ? Inheritable genetic modification PROHIBITED Preimplantation genetic diagnosis social uses prohibited Reproductive cloning PROHIBITED Research cloning PROHIBITED Sex selection "social uses prohibited" is not in the list of possible values (?, PROHIBITED, regulated, Social uses prohibited, no policy) for this property. Surrogacy ? International Agreements 1997 COE Biomedicine Convention RATIFIED 1998 COE Cloning Convention RATIFIED 2005 UN Cloning Vote no 2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention RATIFIED 2007 Treaty of Lisbon not signed

Key laws and policies

• Artificial Fertilisation Act no. 55/1996

• Ministry of Health and Social Security, Regulation no. 568/1997 on Artificial Fertilisation (September 30, 1997)

Prohibited practices

The Artificial Fertilisation Act prohibits

• creating embryos solely for research purposes
• cloning
• transplanting human embryos into animals

In addition, Iceland's ratification of the Council of Europe's Convention on Biomedicine and the Additional Protocol Regarding Human Cloning commits it to prohibitions on:

• PGD for social uses
• Somatic genetic enhancement
• Inheritable genetic modification

Permitted and regulated practices

Research on embryos is only permitted for medical reasons as part of an in vitro fertilization treatment (Article 11 of the Artificial Fertilisation Act).