
Cooperation with European officials
Welcome to the home page of the FEPPD (European and International Federation of Dental Technician Laboratory Owners).
Today the FEPPD is the only pan-European organization able to represent the interests of 40,000 dental laboratories and 210,000 dental technicians on European level.
FEPPD works in cooperation with all partners involved in the dental sector and the competent authorities in order to provide a positive impulse for a transparent, harmonized and safe common market.
NEWS
08.06.2009 Health Care Forum
On the 8th of June the Health Care Forum Meeting took place at UEAPME offices in Brussels. The FEPPD president Jürgen Schwichtenberg took part in this event. The main topics were:
- The presentation of UEAPME's sector policy
- The Medical Devices Directive and its Implementation in the Member States
- Declaration of Conformity (common layout, collaboration with other organizations)
- Framework Directive on Cross-boarder Health Care
- E-Health
08/09.05.2009 FEPPD AGM
This year the FEPPD Annual General Meeting took place in Antwerp, on the 8th and 9th of May.
07.05.2009 Meeting with Interbor
The meeting with Interbor took place in Antwerp, on the 7th of May. read more here
23/24.05.2008 FEPPD AGM
The FEPPD Annual General Meeting took place in Brussels, on the 23rd and 24th of May 2008. The main discussion topics were: MDD revision, finalization of the DOSAM project, the cooperation between CEN and FEPPD.
18.04.2008 Workshop Maasmechelen
FEPPD organized a workshop for representatives of the European institutions and dental sector in order to provide them with more specific information on the manufacturing process. The event took place in MDL-Euregio where the complexity of day to day business in a dental laboratory was shown to the guests. The delegated of the European commission DG Enterprise and Industry, dentists, surgeons, dental industry as well as policy makers active on regional, national and European level took part in this event.
Patient Info
Before starting the treatment a patient has the right to be informed of the dental device origin:
- material used
- country where it was manufactured
- address of the manufacturer