CELEX: 62011CN0219
Language: en
Date: 2011-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Case C-219/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany), lodged on 11 May 2011 — BrainProducts GmbH v Bio Semi V.O.F. and Others

6.8.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 232/15
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany), lodged on 11 May 2011 — BrainProducts GmbH v Bio Semi V.O.F. and Others
   (Case C-219/11)
   2011/C 232/24
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Bundesgerichtshof
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Claimant and appellant: BrainProducts GmbH
   
      Defendants and respondents: Bio Semi V.O.F., Antonius Pieter Kuiper,. Robert Jan Gerard Honsbeek, Alexander Coenraad Metting van Rijn
   
      Question referred
   
   Does a product which is intended by the manufacturer to be applied for human beings for the purpose of investigation of a physiological process constitute a medical device, within the terms of the third indent of Article 1(2)(a) of Directive 93/42/EEC, (1) only in the case where it is intended for a medical purpose?
   
      (1)  Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (OJ 1993 L 169, p. 1), last amended by Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 September 2007 (OJ 2007 L 247, p. 21).