A Competent Authority is the body, which has the authority to act on behalf of the government of a member state to ensure that the requirements of the medical devices directives are carried out in that particular member state.
Definition of Law of Combining Volumes: A relation stating that the relative volumes of gases in a chemical reaction are present in the ratio of small integers (assuming all gases are at the same temperature and pressure). Also Known As: Gay-Lussac's Law. Examples: In the reaction. 2 H2(g) + O2(g) â 2 H2O(g)
when two elements combine to form more than one compound, the different masses of one element that combine with the same mass of the other element are in the ratio of small whole numbers. law of multiple proportions.