(30) Whereas it is essential that manufacturers notify the competent authorities of the placing on the market of 'new products` with regard both to the technology used and the substances to be analysed or other parameters; whereas this is true in particular of high-density DNA probe devices (known as micro-chips) used in genetic screening;

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