title: Finland's competent authority initiatives.
abstract: Finland, as a member state of the European Union, has taken all necessary actions to implement the medical device directives. This paper presents the current situation in the area of manufacturers' registration as well as adverse incident notification. The establishment of a trans-european network between member states is strongly supported, as it could provide an efficient tool for the information exchange.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Medical Devices, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pommelin
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005387:Finland; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D011358:Product Surveillance, Postmarketing / Q000592:standards*