To improve patient safety and the tracking of medical devices, including contact lenses, the European Union is introducing the Unique Device Identifier (UDI) system. In our latest guest article, Laure-Anne Martinet, Secretary General of EuromContact, outlines what...
The ECOO Secretariat and Executive Committee wish all our members, friends and colleagues a very happy Christmas, a restful festive period and all the very best for the year ahead. Kindly note that the ECOO office will be closed from 22 December 2025 until 6 January...
The European Union’s updated rules on driving licences, which entered into force on 25 November 2025, mark a significant modernisation of the legislative framework. ECOO has been actively engaged in contributing to development of this new Directive, seeking to ensure...
In our latest member article, ECOO’s Bulgarian members, The Bulgarian Association Of Optometrists (BAO) and The National Association Of Bulgarian Optometrists And Opticians (NABOO), outline progress in professional and institutional discussions regarding the...
More than 50 delegates from 22 countries met in Puglia, Italy, for the ECOO General Assembly and autumn meetings, 17-19 October. The meetings were hosted by ECOO’s three Italian members, the Associazione Laureati Ottica e Optometria (ALOeO), Federottica and the...
