The coordinators of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) decided on Tuesday 24 January to apply an urgency procedure (Rule 163 of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure) to the European Commission’s proposal for changes to EU legislation on medical devices and implantable devices.
The Commission had submitted a proposal on 6 January (see EUROPE B13094A1) to avoid a shortage of devices during the transition period to the...