Product approval
A certificate or approval attached to the finished product, component, or radio host.
Free · No signup · Official source linksDoes my medical device need MPBetreibV metrological controls in Germany?
Describe your device to check whether MPBetreibV metrological controls may apply, why, what facts are missing, and which official source to review.
10 maintained routes13 official source links
Preliminary applicability · country-specific scope
What you receive
Not just a yes or no
A route-by-route answer. Separate product certificates, dossier evidence, import documents, and facility licences stay separate.
Trigger reasoning. See which product facts matter and which missing facts prevent a reliable conclusion.
Official starting points. Open the regulator or government sources behind the maintained country matrix.
Maintained country rule
What this MPBetreibV metrological controls check is screening
Checks whether a clinical measuring function needs model approval or initial/periodic verification. Applies to the facility, operator, or installation rather than only the product.
- Requirement family
- Legal metrology
- Regulatory object
- device with measuring function
- Maintained rule status
- mandatory for use site
- Useful product facts
- Measured quantity, clinical decision use, units, accuracy claim, and whether the value drives treatment.
MPBetreibV § 15(1) requires the operator to carry out metrological controls on the products listed in Anlage 2, with conformity presumed where the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt guide on metrological controls of products with a measuring function is followed. Anlage 2 sets the re-test interval per product: one year for audiometers and infrared thermometers, two years for medical electrical thermometers, non-invasive blood-pressure meters, eye tonometers and cycle ergometers, and five years for diagnostic dosimeters. § 15(6) restricts who may be commissioned to the metrology authorities and equivalently qualified bodies.
How to read the answer
Classification is only the first layer
A device may have one medical risk class and still trigger separate radio, electrical, measurement, radiation, environmental, import, or installation requirements. The checker keeps each regulatory object separate.
Dossier or import evidence
Testing can belong inside the medical dossier, while some documents apply to each shipment.
Site or operator licence
Radiation, installation, use, or measurement controls may apply to a facility or operator.
Country-specific scope
Other Germany routes to check
Electrical safety
MDR electrical safety in place of the Low Voltage Directive
Evidence is normally handled inside the medical-device registration route.
EMC
MDR electromagnetic compatibility in place of the EMC Directive
Evidence is normally handled inside the medical-device registration route.
Wireless / radio
Funkanlagengesetz (RED) conformity
Applies when the product, feature, component, or use is in scope.
Environmental / battery
ElektroStoffV substance restriction (RoHS)
Evidence may be required, but the matrix does not identify a generic separate certificate.
Environmental / battery
ElektroG producer registration with stiftung ear
Maintained as a mandatory pre-market route.
Environmental / battery
BattDG battery producer registration
Applies when the product, feature, component, or use is in scope.
Radiation
StrlSchG licence or notification for operating X-ray equipment
Applies to the facility, operator, or installation rather than only the product.
Electrical safety
MPBetreibV safety-technical controls
Applies to the facility, operator, or installation rather than only the product.
Product-specific
BfArM DiGA listing per DiGAV
Applies when the product, feature, component, or use is in scope.
Official starting points
Use these authority pages to confirm current scope, technical rules, application routes, and transition dates. A linked source does not turn a preliminary result into an authority decision.
About this checker
A preliminary tool, not a regulatory determination
Describe the complete product — radio, power, measurement, radiation, battery, materials, accessories, intended use, import route, and existing approvals. The free checker maps those facts to the maintained Germany scheme matrix and links each route to its official source.
Use the result to identify questions and official sources. Final scope can depend on exact models, modules, bands, components, claims, HS codes, import structure, installation site, and current authority interpretation.
- Is this the same as medical device classification in Germany?
- No. Risk classification determines the main medical-device pathway. This checker runs after classification and looks for additional product certificates, dossier evidence, import documents, and facility or operator licences.
- Does “no separate certificate” mean no testing is required?
- No. Safety, EMC, performance, or other evidence can still be required inside the medical-device dossier even when there is no separate national product certificate.
- Is the result an official regulatory determination?
- No. It is a preliminary applicability assessment. Review the linked official source and confirm the final route with the relevant authority, certification body, importer, or regulatory professional.
DJ Fang
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