Centre for SMART Comment on the proposed amendment to Article 17 of the EU MDR The Centre for Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling Technologies (SMART) at Loughborough University in the UK led a pioneering research project on The Circular Economy of Small Medical Devices from 2022-25 and is continuing that work in further projects.
Loughborough University
Academic / research · United Kingdom
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Loughborough University filed 2 positions between 8 Dec 2025 and 2 Aug 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
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I attach as evidence the conclusions of a 2 year collective study on the European Model of Sport, whose published version can be found here: Garcia-Garcia, B and Smokvina, V (2025) Conclusion: the European Model of Sport, a mythical reality. In The European Model of Sport: Myth or Reality?, Routledge, pp.243-255, ISBN: 9781032665139. DOI: 10.4324/9781032665153.
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