EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electro-medical equipment used in veterinary medicine - Main contents

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dossier	COM(2007)465 - Repeal of Council Directive 84/539/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electro-medical ...
document	COM(2007)465
date	March 11, 2008

table>(1)Community policies on better regulation stress the importance of simplification of national and Community legislation as a crucial element in improving the competitiveness of enterprises and achieving the objectives of the Lisbon Agenda.

(2)	The method of conformity assessment provided for by Council Directive 84/539/EEC (3) is no longer necessary for the purposes of the internal market and trade with third countries.

(3)	The functioning of the internal market and the protection of users and animals can be better ensured by other Community legislation.

(4)	Directive 84/539/EEC should therefore be repealed.

(5)	The repeal of Directive 84/539/EEC entails that after 31 December 2008 the specimen mark of conformity of Annex III to that Directive will no longer be used and that the corresponding national implementing measures have to be repealed accordingly,