# The Electro-medical Equipment (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the Act of 1968” means the Trade Descriptions Act 1968;
“the Directive” means Council Directive 84/539/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member States relating to electro-medical equipment used in human or veterinary medicine;
“declaration” means a declaration which conforms with the specimen declaration contained in Annex IV to the Directive;
“electro-medical equipment” means electro-medical equipment listed in Annex II to the Directive which is intended, by its nature, for use in human or veterinary medicine;
“the reversed epsilon” means a mark which conforms with the specimen mark contained in Annex III to the Directive;
“supply” has the same meaning as in section 46 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and includes offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply and possessing for supply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1586/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electro-medical-equipment-eec-requirements-regulations-1988/regulation-2
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