Države članice sprejmejo potrebne ukrepe, da priglašeni organi, ki so v skladu s členom 9 odgovorni za presojo skladnosti, upoštevajo vse ustrezne informacije v zvezi z značilnostmi in delovanjem pripomočkov, vključujoč predvsem rezultate vseh ustreznih testov in preverjanj, ki so že bili opravljeni po predhodno obstoječih nacionalnih zakonih in drugih predpisih v zvezi s temi pripomočki.
Member States shall take the necessary action to ensure that the notified bodies which are responsible pursuant to Article 9 for conformity assessment take account of any relevant information regarding the characteristics and performance of such devices, including in particular the results of any relevant test and verification already carried out under pre-existing national law, regulations or administrative provisions in respect of such devices.