[Blood surveillance in Europe]

The organisation of haemovigilance in Europe is quite heterogeneous between the different member states of the European Union, which requires an exchange of information between the different systems through the creation of the European Haemovigilance Network. This article presents, firstly, the various regulatory and administrative levels where the European policy in this matter is decided, and secondly, the different situations of haemovigilance organisation in the main European countries.