Re: 2007/47/EEC MDD Labeling Changes
But lets dont forget something fundamental: the European Union is now borderless, there are no exclusive distributionships (al least they cannot stand legally, except very special cases where the lawyers describe things very specifically in contracts), and products can be bought from whoever in the EU and can be sold wherever in the EU.
This means that although you have 5 different languages on your label and/or ifu, you never know where will your product end. Especially now that internet sales are increasing, and people can for example enter the website of your German customer and order a sphygmomanometer to be sent to Italy or Greece.
In this case, you can find your self into trouble with authorities for stupid reasons, especially in countries where you need to put "oil" in the machine in order to work (if you get what I mean....). Of course, dont forget unfair competition practices too, when a competitor can set this up for you to get in trouble, especially if he has good relations with the aforementioned authority. (i am writing from own experiences, with labels and also with competitors who opened sterile pouches, placed mosquitos and resealed them!).
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