Table 6. Conditions for the access to samples and data. Thirty--five ECs answered the question as not for profit and 31 ECs answered for profit.

• Access fee (3% 14%)

• Co-authorship (46% 26%)

• Citation of biobank in scientific publications (57% 42%)

• Communication of results to the institute that collected the samples (31% 36%)

• Return of the remaining biological materials (26% 26%)

• Destruction of the remaining biological materials (23% 32%)

• Only anonymous samples and data can be transferred (37% 42%)

• Only coded samples and data can be transferred (37% 39%)

• Sharing of possible patents (29% 19%)

The percentages for not for profit and for profit are given in the brackets.