EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Health

European Parliament validates transitional arrangements proposed by Commission to avoid shortages of medical devices

Brussels, 16/02/2023 (Agence Europe)

Members of the European Parliament, meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday 16 February, adopted without amendment the European Commission’s proposal on transitional arrangements for certain medical devices andin vitro diagnostic medical devices.

On 6 January, the Commission submitted a proposal for a regulation amending the legislation on medical devices (see EUROPE B13094A1) in order to avoid shortages of devices in the European Union during the period of transition to the...