European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and healthcare IT Industry

COCIR

COCIR is the European Trade Association representing the medical imaging, health ICT and electromedical industries.

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Lobbying Activity

Response to Circular Economy Act

5 Nov 2025

Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification

14 Oct 2025

Meeting with Axel Hellman (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and

14 Oct 2025 · Challenges in the supply chain for medical imaging devices Regulation of hazardous substances and their impact on competitiveness of the medical device sector

Meeting with Hanna Anttilainen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

14 Oct 2025 · Challenges faced by the medical devices industry

Meeting with Axel Hellman (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

14 Oct 2025 · Circular Economy Act

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices as regards simplification and burden reduction

3 Oct 2025

Meeting with Maya Matthews (Head of Unit Health and Food Safety) and MedTech Europe

24 Jul 2025 · Discuss the input received during the public feedback on the draft Implementing Regulation on joint clinical assessments for medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Response to Communication on a Strategy for a European Data Union

20 Jul 2025

Meeting with Sandra Gallina (Director-General Health and Food Safety) and

24 Jun 2025 · EU medical device regulation and policy.

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Jun 2025 · Medical Devices

Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent

4 Jun 2025

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation) and

4 Jun 2025 · 2nd dialogue with representatives from across the life sciences to review the progress of the IHI, to discuss opportunities to optimise the current partnership and to exchange views on the future of EU research and innovation programmes.

Response to Targeted evaluation of Regulation (EU)2017/745 on Medical Devices and Regulation (EU)2017/746 on In Vitro Diagnostics

20 Mar 2025

Meeting with Rainer Becker (Director Health and Food Safety) and

10 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR)

Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment)

18 Feb 2025 · Discussion on REACH and RoHS and their interaction with medical imaging devices

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Feb 2025 · Health

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) .../… amending Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in glass or ceramic components

10 Feb 2025

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) .../… amending Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead as an alloying element in steel, aluminium and copper

10 Feb 2025

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) .../… amending Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in high melting temperature solders

10 Feb 2025

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

15 Jan 2025

Meeting with Laurent Muschel (Acting Director-General Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority)

28 Nov 2024 · Courtesy meeting

Meeting with Stine Bosse (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

4 Nov 2024 · European health policy

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

23 Oct 2024 · Digital health

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament) and Biomedical Alliance in Europe

14 Oct 2024 · Exchange on MDR/IVDR (staff level)

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and

10 Sept 2024 · Preventing the circumvention of EU sanctions on sensitive goods

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

10 Sept 2024 · High-level executive roundtable: preventing the circumvention of EU sanctions on sensitive goods.

Response to Ex post evaluation of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), after five years of provisional application of the agreement.

11 Apr 2024

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 401/2009, (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals

3 Apr 2024

Response to Evaluation of the functioning of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation with regard to the new developments and challenges facing European standardisation

28 Sept 2023

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, to the transition to a circular economy, to pollution prevention and control, or to the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards specific public disclosures for those economic activities

3 May 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020

23 Jan 2023

Response to Mid-term evaluation report on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (2020 – 2024)

6 Dec 2022

Response to Commission Communication on the EU Strategic Framework for Global Health

19 Sept 2022

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards reclassification of groups of certain active products without an intended medical purpose

7 Sept 2022

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Health Data Space

27 Jul 2022

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)

12 May 2022

Response to Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI)

11 May 2022

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe's semiconductor ecosystem (Chips Act)

9 May 2022

Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Recycling Platform SAS

21 Apr 2022 · Batteries Regulation (staff level)

Response to Review of Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment

12 Mar 2022

Response to Revision of Council Recommendation of 2 December 2003 on cancer screening (2003/878/EC)

9 Feb 2022

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing of Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the application of the essential requirements for radio equipment referred to in Article 3(3), points (d), (e) and (f), of that Directive

27 Aug 2021

Response to Proposal for a Directive adapting liability rules to the digital age and Artificial Intelligence

28 Jul 2021

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Standardisation Strategy

23 Jul 2021

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on machinery products

20 Jul 2021

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL LAYING DOWN HARMONISED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT) AND AMENDING CERTAIN UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTS

2 Jul 2021

Response to Regulation establishing a framework for the use of data in the EU

25 Jun 2021

22 Jun 2021

Response to Revision of the Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

1 Jun 2021

25 May 2021

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

8 Apr 2021 · Health Union

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148

18 Mar 2021

Response to Report from the Commission to the EP and Council on the operation and performance of the Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patient rights in cross-border healthcare foreseen under Article 17(1) and Article 20(1) & (2) of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011

11 Feb 2021

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on European data governance (Data Governance Act)

8 Feb 2021

Response to Proposal for Regulation [tbc] on the European Health Data Space, digital health services and products and the use of new technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) in health

3 Feb 2021

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/… on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council

10 Dec 2020

Response to Evaluation of the 'New Legislative Framework' (Decision No 768/2008/EC and Regulation (EU) No 765/2008), except for the market surveillance provisions

2 Dec 2020

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

6 Nov 2020 · Videoconference with Pharmaceutical Industry Associations to discuss shortages of medicines and medical devices including diagnostic tests in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

30 Sept 2020 · Call with pharmaceutical and medical device supply Chain on COVID-19

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council laying down requirements for Artificial Intelligence

10 Sept 2020

Response to Commission implementing Regulation laying down a list of specific high-value datasets belonging to the categories set out in Annex I of the Directive on open data and re-use of public sector information (Directive (EU) 2019/1024)

25 Aug 2020

Response to Revision of Directive (EU) 2016/1148 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union (NIS Directive)

12 Aug 2020

Response to Legislative framework for the governance of common European data spaces

31 Jul 2020

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

29 Jun 2020 · Videoconference with Pharmaceutical Industry Associations to discuss shortages of medicines and medical devices including diagnostic tests in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

29 Jun 2020 · Call with pharmaceutical and medical device industry associations on COVID-19

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

29 May 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

15 May 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

8 May 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

Response to Report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council

29 Apr 2020

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

29 Apr 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

23 Apr 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

17 Apr 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

9 Apr 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations and the European Medicines Agency to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

9 Apr 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations and the European Medicines Agency to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

6 Apr 2020 · Digitisation of healthcare and innovative e-health solutions.

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

3 Apr 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations and the European Medicines Agency to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

3 Apr 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations and the European Medicines Agency to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

27 Mar 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations and the European Medicines Agency to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

27 Mar 2020 · Video call with Pharmaceutical Industrial Associations and the European Medicines Agency to discuss Possible shortages of medicines and medical devices for the Covid-19 outbreak

Response to Commission Communication on Europe’s Beating Cancer Action Plan

2 Mar 2020

Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan

20 Jan 2020

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the listing of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds

3 Dec 2019

Response to Evaluation of investments in information and communication technologies supported by the European Regional Development Fund in the period 2007-2013

5 Sept 2019

Response to Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION for a European Partnership (Joint Undertaking) for innovative health

27 Aug 2019

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards common specifications for the reprocessing of single-use medical devices

20 Aug 2019