Any person who sterilizes with a view to placing on the market CE-marked medical devices designed by their manufacturer to be sterilized before use or systems or kits referred to in Section 10 of this Chapter must follow, at his choice, the procedure relating to the EC declaration of conformity, full quality assurance system, or the procedure relating to the EC declaration of conformity, production quality assurance. The application of these procedures is limited to aspects concerning the achievement of sterility as long as the packaging has not been opened or damaged.
The person referred to in the first paragraph must provide the authorised body responsible for implementing the procedure with a declaration stating that sterilisation has been carried out in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.