Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 December 2017

Syndicat national de l'industrie des technologies médicales (Snitem) and Philips France v Premier ministre and Ministre des Affaires sociales et de la Santé

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France)

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Medical devices — Directive 93/42/EEC — Scope — ‘Medical device’ — CE marking — National legislation making drug prescription assistance software subject to a certification procedure laid down by a national authority

Case C-329/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
26/01/2018 Snitem and Philips France
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:947
07/12/2017 Snitem and Philips France
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:947
07/12/2017 Snitem and Philips France
Application (OJ)
29/07/2016 Snitem and Philips France
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:501
28/06/2017 Snitem and Philips France
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.03 Harmonised product sectors and families
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.03 Harmonised product sectors and families


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 13/06/2016

Date of the Opinion

  • 28/06/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

07/12/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 52 from 12.02.2018, p.7

Application: OJ C 296 from 16.08.2016, p.22

Name of the parties

Snitem and Philips France

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Gassner, Ulrich M. ; Modi, Julian N.: Medizinprodukterecht: Software als Medizinprodukt, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2018 p.168-169 (DE)
  2. Cazet, Safia: Santé publique - Définition du dispositif médical, Europe 2018, Février n° 2, Comm. 81 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Conseil d'État - France

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Public health

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Juhász

Advocate General

Campos Sánchez-Bordona

Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Spanish