Environmental Legislation in the EU – What Medical Device Manufacturers Need to Know
This article was originally published in RAJ Devices
Executive Summary
The European Commission has since the 1970s been firmly committed to the environment and sustainability, operating at both member state level and internationally. One of the primary objectives of the European Union’s current environmental action programme – the European Sixth Environmental Action Programme, which was adopted in July 2002 and which sets out priorities until the year 2010 – is to harmonise environmental policy cross-nationally among the region’s member states.