EU Parliament voted positively to the proposal of postponing the Medical Device Regulation for one year

On (17 April 2020), the EU Parliament communicated the outcome of positive voting session to adopt the Commission’s proposal to postpone the Medical Device Regulation by one year due to the Corona situation. New Date of Application will be 26 May 2021. The change will enter into force as soon as it is published in the Official Journal of the EU.

EU Parliament press release on the decision

EU Commission press release on the proposal

Updated news:

On Friday, April 24, 2020 the amendment postponing the Date of Application (DoA)  for MDR with one year have been published in the Official Journal of the EU.