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Brief history

1979

Medical equipment test laboratory group GLEM is formed.

1994

Medical device assessment body G-MED is set up as an economic interest grouping (GIE). The four G-MED partners are the French Ministries of Health and the French Ministry of Industry, the Laboratoire Central des Industries Electriques (LCIE) and LNE.

1998

G-MED restructures with LCIE and LNE as its two sole partners.

2000

LNE/G-MED opens a regional office in Saint-Etienne.

2004

All G-MED activities performed by LCIE are transferred to LNE.

2005

The economic interest grouping is dissolved and LNE becomes the sole certification body and notified body. The G-MED name and logo are retained.

The G-MED North America subsidiary is set up in Washington DC.