Pharmaceuticals - Developments with the European Directive on Medical Devices

According to Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (exclusive of active implantable devices, medicinal and cosmetic products, human blood and transplants of human and animal origins), "Member States shall not create any obstacle to the placing on the market or the putting into service within their territory of devices bearing the CE marking (...) which indicates that they have been subject of an assessment of their conformity in accordance with the provisions of the Directive". The Directive has not yet been implemented into Belgian law, although, according to the Directive, the Member States were supposed to adopt and publish the laws and regulations necessary to comply with the Directive not later than 1 July 1994 and to apply the same with effect from 1 January 1995.