EUROMCONTACT
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.75 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
EUROMCONTACT is the non-profit organisation representing the European industry of contact lenses, lens care products and accessories for contact lenses. EUROMCONTACT is committed to sharing its technical expertise and knowledge with EU decision-makers for the smooth implementation of the medical devices regulation. EUROMCONTACT is in that context one industry member of the Medical Devices Coordination Group (MDCG) of the European Commission DG SANTE. EUROMCONTACT is monitoring any regulatory developments that are of relevance for the sector - including medical devices regulation; health policies; recognition of professions.
EU Legislative Interests
EUROMCONTACT is following the implementation of the medical devices regulation. EUROMCONTACT is also interested in the developments at EU level regarding packaging waste and ecodesign regulations. EUROMCONTACT is also interested in EU policies in terms of distribution, on-line and platforms sales.
Communication Activities
EUROMCONTACT is a member of the Medical Devices Coordination Group (MDCG) of the European Commission. In that capacity, EUROMCONTACT attends the technical discussions as per implementation of the Medical devices regulation. Euromcontact organizes 1 or 2 technical workshops per year, to inform and train manufacturers about new legislative requirements (MRD implementation, product liability directive...) Publications of Euromcontact are mainly on statistics on the market and can be found at: https://euromcontact.org/publications/
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Euromcontact is a member of the ad hoc Platform European Coalition for vision, a Platform comprising industry, health NGOs, academics and research, whose goal is to leverage the issue of vision health to the EU public health Policy agenda.
Organisation Members
Membership of Euromcontact is two fold: Global companies being direct members and national associations of contact lens manufacturers. Contact Lens group of medical devices national associations can also become members. All details can be found here: https://euromcontact.org/membership/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.