Commission Directive 2005/50/EC of 11 August 2005 on the reclassification of hip, knee and shoulder joint replacements in the framework of Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Directive 2005/50/EC
• Articles: 6

Article 1

By way of derogation from the rules set out in Annex IX to Directive 93/42/EEC, hip, knee and shoulder replacements shall be reclassified as medical devices falling within class III.

Article 2

For the purpose of this Directive, a hip, knee or shoulder replacement means an implantable component part of a total joint replacement system which is intended to provide a function similar to that of either a natural hip joint, a natural knee joint or a natural shoulder joint. Ancillary components (screws, wedges, plates and instruments) are excluded from this definition.

Article 3

1.   Hip, knee and shoulder replacements that have been subject to a conformity assessment procedure pursuant to Article 11(3)(a) of Directive 93/42/EEC before 1 September 2007 shall be subject to a complementary conformity assessment under point 4 of Annex II to Directive 93/42/EEC leading to an EC design examination certificate before 1 September 2009. This provision does not preclude a manufacturer from submitting an application for conformity assessment based on Article 11(1)(b) of Directive 93/42/EEC.

2.   Hip, knee and shoulder replacements that have been subject to a conformity assessment procedure pursuant to Article 11(3)(b)(iii) of Directive 93/42/EEC before 1 September 2007 may be subject to a conformity assessment as class III medical devices pursuant to Article 11(1)(b)(i) or (ii) before 1 September 2010. This provision does not preclude a manufacturer from submitting an application for conformity assessment based on Article 11(1)(a) of Directive 93/42/EEC.

3.   Member States shall accept until 1 September 2009 the placing on the market and the putting into service of hip, knee and shoulder replacements covered by a Decision in accordance with Article 11(3)(a) of Directive 93/42/EEC issued before 1 September 2007.

4.   Member States shall accept until 1 September 2010 the placing on the market of hip, knee and shoulder replacements which are covered by a Decision in accordance with Articles 11(3)(b)(iii) of Directive 93/42/EEC issued before 1 September 2007 and permit such total joint replacements to be put into service beyond that date.

Article 4

1.   Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 March 2007. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference at the time of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such a reference is to be made.

Member States shall apply those provisions from 1 September 2007.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 5

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 6

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.