Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 8/3/2023 - Sección Legislación
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Sección Legislación
EN
8.3.2023
Official Journal of the European Union
L 70/1
II
Non-legislative acts
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION EU 2023/502
of 1 December 2022
amending Regulation EU 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the frequency of complete re-assessments of notified bodies Text with EEA relevance
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation EU 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation EC No 178/2002 and Regulation EC No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC 1, and in particular Article 4411 thereof, Whereas:
1
Regulation EU 2017/745 establishes a new regulatory framework to ensure the smooth functioning of the internal market as regards medical devices. That Regulation significantly reinforces the supervision of notified bodies and conformity assessment procedures.
2
Article 4410 of Regulation EU 2017/745 provides that 3 years after notification of a notified body, and again every fourth year thereafter, a complete re-assessment of notified bodies is conducted to determine whether the notified body still satisfies the requirements set out in Annex VII of that Regulation.
3
The limited number and capacities of notified bodies currently designated under Regulation EU 2017/745 has created bottlenecks for the certification of medical devices during the transitional period provided for in Article 1203 of that Regulation.
4
In order to allow the authorities responsible for notified bodies of the Member State in which the notified body is established to focus on the assessment of new applications for designation as notified body and to allow notified bodies to process a high number of certifications during the transitional period provided for in Article 1203 of Regulation EU 2017/745, the timing of the first complete re-assessment of a notified body after notification should be deferred to 5 years after notification.
5
Given that notified bodies are subject to continuous monitoring and assessment activities in accordance with Article 444 of Regulation EU 2017/745, the frequency of subsequent complete re-assessments should also be changed to every 5 years.
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The authority responsible for notified bodies should have the possibility to conduct a complete re-assessment earlier than at the timing of the normal cycle, where it is justified by the results of the annual assessment activities of the notified body or when requested by the notified body.
1 OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1.
