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Free · No signup · Official source linksDoes my medical device need State metrological supervision, type approval and verification of measuring instruments (PTAC) in Latvia?
Describe your device to check whether State metrological supervision, type approval and verification of measuring instruments (PTAC) may apply, why, what facts are missing, and which official source to review.
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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 State metrological supervision, type approval and verification of measuring instruments (PTAC) check is screening
Checks whether a clinical measuring function needs model approval or initial/periodic verification. Applies when the product, feature, component, or use is in scope.
Source association reviewed. The source association has been reviewed. This does not verify every rule, date or product-specific conclusion; read the cited provisions and their limits.
- Requirement family
- Legal metrology
- Regulatory object
- legal measuring instruments
- Maintained rule status
- mandatory if feature
- Useful product facts
- Measured quantity, clinical decision use, units, accuracy claim, and whether the value drives treatment.
Under the law 'Par mērījumu vienotību' of 27.02.1997 the state metrological control of measuring instruments consists of conformity assessment or type approval together with initial verification, the repeated verification of instruments in use, and state metrological supervision, which PTAC's own page states verbatim is 'valsts metroloģiskā uzraudzība, kuru pilnvarots veikt Patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības centrs'. Cabinet Regulation No. 289 of 14.05.2024, in force 15.07.2024, made under Article 7(2) of that law, sets the list of measuring instruments subject to state metrological control together with their initial verification and the periodicity of repeated verification. A medical device that is a legal measuring instrument (for example a sphygmomanometer or a clinical thermometer used in a regulated measurement) therefore carries its own Latvian metrological duty; the CE marking on a medical device does not discharge it. No Latvian fee amount for type approval or verification was retrieved.
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 Latvia routes to check
Electrical safety
Low Voltage Directive exclusion for medical electrical equipment — electrical safety carried inside MDR conformity assessment
Evidence is normally handled inside the medical-device registration route.
Source association awaiting review
EMC
EMC Directive disapplied where MDR fixes the same essential requirements
Evidence is normally handled inside the medical-device registration route.
Source association awaiting review
Wireless / radio
Radio-equipment essential requirements, conformity assessment and market surveillance (Cabinet Regulation No. 215)
Applies when the product, feature, component, or use is in scope.
Source association reviewed
Radiation
Notification, registration certificate or licence for activities with ionizing radiation sources (VVD Radiation Safety Centre)
Applies to the facility, operator, or installation rather than only the product.
Source association reviewed
Environmental / battery
Producer registration for electrical and electronic equipment and for batteries, and the annual data-maintenance payment
Maintained as a mandatory pre-market route.
Source association reviewed
Reviewed source associations
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.
Latvijas Vēstnesis (likumi.lv)
Noteikumi par valsts metroloģiskajai kontrolei pakļauto mērīšanas līdzekļu sarakstu (Cabinet Regulation No. 289 of 14.05.2024, in force 15.07.2024)
Patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības centrs (PTAC)
Reglamentētā metroloģija — state metrological supervision, type approval and verification under the law 'Par mērījumu vienotību'
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 Latvia scheme matrix and links each route to its maintained source associations, with reviewed, candidate and unresolved states shown separately.
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 Latvia?
- 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.
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