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The Organ Donation Taskforce found that countries using a presumed consent, or "opt out", system had far higher donation rates.
The material that has not been used for diagnosis can be used for research (opting out system).
In most opt-out systems, the next of kin's approval is also required.
Yesterday, one of Britain's pre-eminent transplant surgeons said there was "no evidence" that opt-out systems work.
Although both countries have opt-out systems, in 2011 Croatia carried out 91.4 transplants per million population (pmp) from deceased donors, compared to Hungary, which performed 26.9 pmp in the same year.
Opt-out systems have been introduced in both Belgium and Austria, where the new legislation was associated with increased donation rates, however in Brazil and Chile similar laws were associated with a drop in donations.
After studying the success of opt-out systems abroad, the UK's national organ donation taskforce, set up under a Labour government, decided against the adoption of similar legislation in its 2008 report, instead recognising the benefits of improving the way donation takes place.
Luxembourg and Bulgaria also have opt-out systems and low rates of organ donation.
In "hard opt-out" systems there were increases in the organ donor rate of up to 25%.
But opt-out systems are preferable to someone at the FTC deciding which advertising tactics are acceptable and which ones are not.
But this is not universal - Austria and Singapore both have "hard opt-out" systems where those who have not opted out are presumed to have consented to organ donation regardless of their families' wishes.
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