Table III. Legal limits in third-party donation, where permitted.
| Countries | Age (years) | Maximum no. of infants from the same donor | Age (years) | Parity of donors | Maximum no. of donations | Maximum no. of infants from the same donor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimal | Maximum | Minimal | Maximum | |||||
| Albania | 35 | |||||||
| Austria | 3 | 35 | 3 | |||||
| Armenia | Internal protocol: no more than 7 babies | 35 | Internal protocol: 10 | Internal protocol: 7 | ||||
| Belarus | 18 | 40 | Up to 20 attempts of fertilization | 18 | 35 | 1 child minimum | 20 | |
| Belgium | Children in 6 families | 18 | Children in 6 families | |||||
| Bulgaria | 18 | 5 | 18 | 34 for anonymous; 37 for relatives | Minimum 1 born child | 6 | 5 | |
| Croatia | Legally 18 (no donors in practice – imported sperm) | Legally 18 (no donors in practice – imported oocytes/going abroad) | ||||||
| Cyprus | 45 | 1 | 35 | 1 | ||||
| Czech Republic | 18 | 40 | 7 (recommended) | 18 | 35 | 5 (recommended) | ||
| Denmark | 45 | Children in 12 families | 35 unless known donor | 6 | No | |||
| Estonia | 40 | 6 | 35 | 6 | ||||
| Finland | 18 | No law. In practice 40 | Same donor can produce children to max 5 women | 18 | No law. Around 35 in practice | Same donor can produce children to max 5 women | ||
| France | 45 | 10 | 38 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Georgia | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Germany | 40 | No | Egg donation not allowed | |||||
| Greece | 40 | 10 | 35 | 10 | ||||
| Hungary | 35 | 4 | 35 | Donor must have own child | 4 | |||
| Iceland | ||||||||
| Ireland | 10 (embryologist regulated) | All abroad | ||||||
| Italy | 18 | 40 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 10 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 35 | 10 | 35 | 10 | ||||
| Latvia | 18 | 45 | 3 | 18 | 35 | 3 | ||
| Lithuania | 18 | 5 | 18 | 5 | ||||
| Macedonia | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Malta | 18 | 36 | 18 | 36 | ||||
| Moldova | 35 | |||||||
| Montenegro | No local donors. Sperm imported | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Norway | 8 | Egg donation not allowed | ||||||
| Poland | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Portugal | 18 | 45 | Children in 8 families | 18 | 35 | 4 | ||
| Republic of Serbia | 40 | One donor for only one couple, regardless of children number | 34 | One donor for only one couple, regardless of children number | ||||
| Romania | 18 | 5 (recommended) | 18 (married) | Preferably with children | 2 (recommended) | 5 (recommended) | ||
| Russia | 18 | 35 | 18 | 35 | ||||
| Slovakia | 35 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Slovenia | 18 | 55 | Children in 2 families | 18 | 35 | 1 (rare exceptions 2) | Children in 2 families | |
| Spain | 18 | 50 | 6 | 18 | 35 | 6 | ||
| Sweden | 18 | Children in 6 families | 18 | but we prefer that the woman has delivered. | Children in 6 families | |||
| Switzerland | 8 | Egg donation not allowed | ||||||
| The Netherlands | not enforced by law, but 25 | |||||||
| UK | 18 | 40 | Children in 10 families | 18 | 35 | Children in 10 families | ||
| Ukraine | 40 | 36 | At least one healthy child | 8 | ||||
Iceland provided no information, except that gamete donations are allowed refers to countries where egg donation is forbidden