# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1396 of 10 September 2019 laying down the rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the designation of expert panels in the field of medical devices (Text with EEA relevance), Article 10: Secretariat

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The Commission shall provide a secretariat (the ‘Secretariat’) for the expert panels and for the Committee.
2. The Secretariat shall be responsible for the support necessary for the efficient functioning of the expert panels. The Secretariat shall, in particular:
identify and manage potential conflicts of interests;
supervise the consistent application of the criteria set out in point (c) of Section 5.1 of Annex IX to Regulation (EU) 2017/745 by the relevant expert panel in accordance with the Commission guidance referred to in Article 8(3);
supervise the work of the expert panel referred to in Article 1(2);
monitor compliance with the common rules of procedure referred to in Article 9, the guidance and methodologies referred to in Article 7(2) third indent and the requests for opinions, views and positions;
publish their opinions, views and positions in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 106(12) of Regulation (EU) 2017/745;
process requests from expert panels for additional expertise.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1396/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1396/article-10
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