EU MDR’s Implementation Postponed for One Year

On Friday 17 April 2020, the European Parliament adopted the European Commission’s proposal to postpone implementation of tThe EU’s Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745 for 12 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential impact it will have on EU MDR implementation. 

The proposal also has to be approved by the member states and published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) before it enters into force. This is to be by 26 May 2020 at the latest. Once in force, the new Date of Application for the MDR will be 26 May 2021.

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Note:  Complete transition has been further delayed.  JEL 09/20/2023