Table II. Legal limits for ART access.

Countries	Are there legal limits?	Female		Male
		Minimal age (years)	Maximum age (years)	Minimal age (years)	Maximum age (years)
Albania	x	No	50	No	No
Austria	x	18	Natural cycle available	18	No
Armenia	No
Belarus	x	18	50	18	No
Belgium	x	18	45 y for oocyte retrieval; 47 y for embryo transfer	No	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Fed	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Rep	No
Bulgaria	x	18	51	18	No
Croatia	x	18	No	18	No
Cyprus	x	18	50	18	No
Czech Republic	x	18	49	18	No
Denmark	x	18	45	18	No
Estonia	x	18	50	18	No
Finland	x	No	40-45 (not in the law but in practice)	No	60 (not in the law but in practice)
France	x	`normal reproductive age’
Georgia	Yes
Germany	No
Greece	x	18	50	18	No
Hungary	x	18	49	18	No
Iceland	No
Ireland	No
Italy	x	No	46***	No	No
Kazakhstan	x	19	No	No	No
Latvia	x	18		18
Lithuania	x	18	No	18	No
Macedonia	x	No	No	No	No
Malta	x	25	48	No	No
Moldova	No
Montenegro	x	18	No	18	No
Norway	x	No	No	No	No
Poland	No
Portugal	x	18	50	18	60
Republic of Serbia	No
Romania	x	18	48 (own eggs); 50 (donated eggs)	18	No
Russia	No
Slovakia	x	18	50	18	No
Slovenia	x	18	Reproductive age	18	No
Spain	x	18	Age of menopause (50 x 2)	18	No
Sweden	x	18	No	18	56 (not in the law; recommendation)
Switzerland	x	No	No	No	see foot-note**
The Netherlands	x	No	49	No	No
Turkey	No
UK	x	18		18
Ukraine	x	18	No	18	No

^* `normal reproductive age’, decided by the multidisciplinary staff of the centre, with valid consent of both members of the couple

^**The potential father should be able to be alive until the child is 18 years old

^***In all regions of the country with one exception where ART is allowed up to 50 years old