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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1990-385/article-15a",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1990/385",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices (90/385/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1990-385",
  "path": "article/15a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15a",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the competent authorities of the Member States cooperate with each other and with the Commission and transmit to each other the information necessary to enable this Directive to be applied uniformly.\nThe Commission shall provide for the organisation of an exchange of experience between the competent authorities responsible for market surveillance in order to coordinate the uniform application of this Directive.\nWithout prejudice to the provisions of this Directive, cooperation may be part of initiatives developed at an international level.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 amending Council Directive 90/385/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices, Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices and Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1990/385/article/15a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:27.423975+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}