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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/439 of 24 March 2020 on the harmonised standards for in vitro diagnostic medical devices drafted in support of Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/439
of 24 March 2020
on the harmonised standards for in vitro diagnostic medical devices drafted in support of Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1), and in particular Article 10(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 5(1) of Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), Member States are to presume compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 3 of that Directive in respect of in vitro diagnostic medical devices which are in conformity with the relevant national standards transposing the harmonised standards the reference numbers of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(2) By letter BC/CEN/CENELEC/09/89 of 19 December 1991, the Commission made a request to the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec) for the drafting of new harmonised standards and the revision of existing harmonised standards in support of Directive 98/79/EC.
(3) On the basis of the request BC/CEN/CENELEC/09/89 of 19 December 1991, CEN revised the harmonised standards EN ISO 11137-1:2015, EN ISO 13408-2:2011 and EN ISO 13485:2016, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3), in order to include the latest technical and scientific progress. This resulted in the adoption of the harmonised standards EN ISO 11137-1:2015/A2:2019 and EN ISO 13408-2:2018 and the corrigendum EN ISO 13485:2016/AC:2018.
(4) The Commission together with CEN has assessed whether the harmonised standards EN ISO 11137-1:2015/A2:2019 and EN ISO 13408-2:2018 and the corrigendum EN ISO 13485:2016/AC:2018 comply with the request.
(5) The harmonised standards EN ISO 11137-1:2015/A2:2019 and EN ISO 13408-2:2018 and the corrigendum EN ISO 13485:2016/AC:2018 satisfy the requirements which they aim to cover and which are set out in Directive 98/79/EC. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of those standards and of the corrigendum in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(6) The harmonised standards EN ISO 11137-1:2015/A2:2019 and EN ISO 13408-2:2018 and the corrigendum EN ISO 13485:2016/AC:2018 replace the harmonised standards EN ISO 11137-1:2015 and EN ISO 13408-2:2011 and the corrigendum EN ISO 13485:2016/AC:2016 respectively. It is therefore necessary to withdraw the references of the harmonised standards EN ISO 11137-1:2015 and EN ISO 13408-2:2011 and the corrigendum EN ISO 13485:2016/AC:2016 from the Official Journal of the European Union. In order to give manufacturers sufficient time to adapt their products to the revised specifications in standards EN ISO 11137-1:2015/A2:2019, EN ISO 13408-2:2018 and the corrigendum EN ISO 13485:2016/AC:2018, it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of the reference of the standards EN ISO 11137-1:2015, EN ISO 13408-2:2011 and the corrigendum EN ISO 13485:2016/AC:2016.
(7) On the basis of the request BC/CEN/CENELEC/09/89 of 19 December 1991, CEN drafted the new harmonised standard EN ISO 25424:2019. The Commission together with CEN has assessed whether that standard complies with the request.
(8) The harmonised standard EN ISO 25424:2019 satisfies the requirements which it aims to cover and which are set out in Directive 98/79/EC. It is therefore appropriate to publish the reference of that standard in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(9) In the interests of clarity and legal certainty, a complete list of references of harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 98/79/EC and satisfying the essential requirements they aim to cover should be published in one act. The other references of standards published in the Commission communication 2017/C 389/04(4) should therefore also be included in this Decision. That Communication should therefore be repealed from the date of entry into force of this Decision. However, it should continue to apply in respect of the references of the standards that are withdrawn by this Decision, given that it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of those references.
(10) In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5) certificates issued by notified bodies in accordance with Directive 98/79/EC from 25 May 2017 are to become void by 27 May 2024. In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 110(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 a device with a certificate that was issued in accordance with Directive 98/79/EC and which is valid by virtue of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 may only be placed on the market or put into service provided that from 26 May 2022 it continues to comply with Directive 98/79/EC, and provided there are no significant changes in the design and intended purpose. This Decision should therefore apply only until 26 May 2024.
(11) The requirements for in vitro diagnostic medical devices laid down in Directive 98/79/EC are different from those laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/746. The standards drafted in support of Directive 98/79/EC should therefore not be used to demonstrate conformity with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2017/746.
(12) Compliance with a harmonised standard confers a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation from the date of publication of the reference of such standard in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision should therefore enter into force on the date of its publication,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(2)
Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (OJ L 331, 7.12.1998, p. 1).
(4)
Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (2017/C 389/04) (OJ C 389, 17.11.2017, p. 62).
(5)
Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176).
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