Medizinprodukterecht-Durchführungsgesetz (MPDG)
110 provisions, complete · English side by side with the current German text · German text as of 29 October 2026 · translation edited by Alexander Baranov
The MPDG implements the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) in Germany: national notification duties, language rules, clinical investigations and performance studies, ethics committees, vigilance, market surveillance, competent authorities and penalties.
Each page shows the English and the German side by side, sentence by sentence, with a link to every provision. The German text is copied from the official consolidated version; our English is an unofficial working translation.
In practice: MDR vs IVDR in Germany · EU Authorised Representative and PRRC · EUDAMED registration.
Unofficial translation for information only. Only the German text is legally binding. German text: consolidated version from gesetze-im-internet.de, retrieved 29 October 2026. Where German statutes use “soll”, “shall” denotes an obligation that admits exceptions in atypical cases. Not legal advice.