# 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), Article 2

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

Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the devices may be placed on the market and/or put into service only if they comply with the requirements laid down in this Directive when duly supplied, properly implanted and/or properly installed, maintained and used in accordance with their intended purposes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1990/385/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1990-385/article-2
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