One UK Notified Body To Be Phased Out This Year As It Moves To Sweden

Notified bodies are busy repositioning themselves this year in the light of Brexit. One UK notified body is relocating to Sweden, but it is playing down Brexit and emphasizing the benefits of centralization.

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Intertek has announced that it submitted it application for notified body status under the EU Medical Devices Regulation to the Swedish Medical Products Agency in January 2018.

Also, as part of its move to centralize its notified body medical function, it is also moving its European notified body medical activities to Intertek Semko in Kista, Sweden

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