Medical systems 

The existing law states that authorisations are only permitted for those who “are not likely to be a danger to themselves or others”.  The Commission suggested that medical tests should be required for each authorisation and these should be reviewed every five years. Parliament’s lead negotiator, Vicky Ford (ECR, UK) believed that “point-in-time medical tests are not necessarily effective”. Instead, it was agreed that each member state must have a monitoring system to assess relevant medical and psychological information which they may operate on a continuous or non-continuous basis. 

Authorisation will be withdrawn if any of the conditions on which it was granted are no longer met, or may be renewed or prolonged if the conditions are still fulfilled. Member states may decide whether or not the assessment involves a prior medical or psychological test. This does not change national approaches or introduce new EU-wide requirements for medical testing.