DIRECTIVE 2007/47/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 5 September 2007amending Council Directive 90/385/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member Statesrelating to active implantable medical devices, Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medicaldevices and Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market(Text with EEA relevance)THEEUROPEANPARLIAMENTANDTHECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-nity, and in particular Article 95 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic andSocial Committee (1),Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251of the Treaty (2),Whereas:(1)Council Directive 93/42/EEC (3) requires