Published this morning on the Official Journal website is Commission Opinion of 27 May 2008 in application of Article 7 of Directive 98/37 as regards a prohibition measure adopted by Finland in respect of a forestry harvester bearing the trade mark HARVERI MD-2007-144. The Opinion concludes:

"In light of the documentation available and the comments of the parties concerned, the Commission considers that the Finnish authorities have established the non-conformity of HARVERI forestry harvester with the essential health and safety requirements 1.3.3 and 3.2.1, in conjunction with the preliminary observation 2 and the essential health and safety requirement 1.1.2 of Annex I to Directive 98/37/EC, and that these non-conformities give rise to a risk of serious or fatal injury to operators. Consequently, having followed the required procedure, the Commission is of the opinion that the measure taken by the Finnish authorities [in banning the placing the harvesters in question on the market] is justified".