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🇱🇺 Luxembourg medical device regulatory data

Explore the medical device requirements currently available for Luxembourg, organized by topic and linked to official sources.

33 facts23 dimensions8 official sourceslatest verification 2026-09-15

Advertising, claims & promotion

Which claims, audiences, channels, approvals, and restrictions apply?

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Advertising of medical devices governed by national law

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Luxembourg's competent-authority page expressly lists the loi modifiée du 16 janvier 1990 relative aux dispositifs médicaux as the national legal basis governing medical-device advertising, alongside MDR Article 7.

Conditions
  • Advertising of medical devices in Luxembourg

Approval validity & renewal

What expires, what is retained periodically, and when must renewal start?

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Certificate validity and renewal (Art. 56(2))

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EU certificates issued by notified bodies are valid for the period they indicate, which may not exceed five years. On application by the manufacturer the validity of the certificate may be extended for further periods, each not exceeding five years, based on a re-assessment in accordance with the applicable conformity assessment procedures; any supplement follows the same rules.

Conditions
  • EU-wide rule under Regulation (EU) 2017/745, which applies directly in the member state; national implementing or administrative details are not covered by this fact.

Effective from 2021-05-26

Authority & regime

Which authority and binding regime govern this product, task, and date?

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Competent authority

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Fact-level verified

Ministry of Health and Social Security — Directorate of Health (Direction de la santé); its Division de la pharmacie et des médicaments (DPM) acts as the national competent authority for medical devices and IVDs.

Conditions
  • Applies to all medical-device and IVD classes.

DPM = Division de la pharmacie et des médicaments. Device-related functions: opinion on clinical-investigation authorisations and market surveillance of medical devices.

Change control

Does the event require internal documentation, notice, prior approval, transfer, or a new application?

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Changes to an approved type (Annex X, 5.1-5.3)

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The applicant must inform the notified body that issued the EU type-examination certificate of any planned change to the approved type or its intended purpose and conditions of use; changes that may affect conformity with the general safety and performance requirements or the prescribed conditions of use require the notified body approval, issued as a supplement to the certificate, and changes to the intended purpose and conditions of use (other than their limitation) necessitate a new conformity assessment application.

Conditions
  • EU-wide rule under Regulation (EU) 2017/745, which applies directly in the member state; national implementing or administrative details are not covered by this fact.

Effective from 2021-05-26

Classification rules

What local class follows from which rules and decisive product facts?

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EU MDR/IVDR classification applies directly; no national scheme

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Fact-level verified

Luxembourg maintains no national classification scheme: the directly applicable EU MDR Art. 51 and Annex VIII classes (I, Is, Im, Ir, IIa, IIb, III) — and IVDR Art. 47 and Annex VIII for IVDs — govern through the CE-marking regime. National overlays administered by the Direction de la santé: manufacturers and authorised representatives established in Luxembourg must register with the Direction de la santé (registration in EUDAMED satisfies the national registration requirement), and class I devices and IVDs must be registered with the Direction de la santé before being placed on the market.

Conditions
  • Applies to all medical-device and IVD classes; classification rules are the EU-level ones, so class queries resolve through the eu:medical-device scheme.

Clinical investigation & performance

Which clinical or IVD performance evidence or study is required and accepted?

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End and interruption notification deadlines

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Temporary Interruption For Safety

notify within 24 hours; report within 3 months

Early Termination For Other Reason

notify within 15 days; report within 3 months

End Of Investigation

notify within 15 days; summary and report within 1 year (Commission Guideline 2023/C 163/06 template)

Conditions
  • Clinical investigations of medical devices conducted in Luxembourg
  • Notifications and reports to recherchebiomedicale@ms.etat.lu and meddevices@ms.etat.lu

Report per MDR Annex XV chapter I section 2.8 and chapter III section 7, with summary.

Clinical investigation requires prior ministerial authorisation

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Fact-level verified

In Luxembourg, every clinical-investigation application and every substantial modification of a clinical investigation is additionally subject to prior authorisation by the Minister, based on the scientific and ethical opinions of the Direction de la santé and the Comité national d'éthique de recherche (CNER), pursuant to Art. 27 of the Loi du 8 mars 2018 relative aux établissements hospitaliers et à la planification hospitalière.

Conditions
  • Clinical investigations of medical devices conducted in Luxembourg (including usability studies per MDCG 2021-6 Rev. 1)

National legal basis is the hospital law (Loi du 8 mars 2018, Art. 27), not a device-specific law.

Clinical-investigation submission route and language rules

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Fact-level verified

Until the EUDAMED Clinical Investigation module is operational, the applicant submits the clinical-investigation application using the application form in Annex I of MDCG 2021-08, by email to recherchebiomedicale@ms.etat.lu and meddevices@ms.etat.lu (Ministry of Health and Social Security). The application dossier may be written in German, French, Luxembourgish or English; proof of insurance covering the project, the number of participants and the whole study duration is mandatory; participant-facing documents (informed consent, questionnaires, recruitment material) must be provided in French and German.

Conditions
  • Applies until the EUDAMED Clinical Investigation module becomes operational

Retrospective studies fall outside the MDR but require CNER ethics approval.

Substantial modification — one-week applicant deadline

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Fact-level verified

For a substantial modification of a clinical investigation, within one week the applicant informs the ministry of the reasons and nature of the modification and submits the request using the form in Annex I of MDCG 2021-28 to recherchebiomedicale@ms.etat.lu and meddevices@ms.etat.lu, attaching an updated version of the relevant Annex XV Chapter II MDR documentation with the changes clearly visible.

Conditions
  • Substantial modifications of clinical investigations of medical devices (non-exhaustive list in Annex II of MDCG 2021-6 Rev. 1)

Applicant-side national deadline (stop-clock-like duty) on top of MDR Art. 62-81 procedures.

Device definition & scope

Is the product a device, IVD, accessory, software, or borderline product locally?

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Device definition (MDR Art. 2(1))

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A medical device is any instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, implant, reagent, material or other article intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings for one or more specified medical purposes (diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, prediction, prognosis, treatment or alleviation of disease; diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury or disability; investigation, replacement or modification of the anatomy or of a physiological or pathological process; or providing information by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body), and which does not achieve its principal intended action by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means. Software intended for medical purposes is itself a device.

Conditions
  • EU-wide rule under Regulation (EU) 2017/745, which applies directly in the member state; national implementing or administrative details are not covered by this fact.

Effective from 2021-05-26

Dossier requirements

Which evidence, local deltas, formats, and signatures are required?

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Documents the CA may request per economic-operator type

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During registration verification the Direction de la santé may request, depending on operator type (manufacturer MF / authorised representative AR / importer IM / system-procedure-pack producer PR): declaration of conformity; conformity certificates; QMS certificate; labelling; IFU; PRRC qualifications (Art. 15 MDR/IVDR); mandate/contract manufacturer-AR; designation of devices to be imported; confirmation of manufacturer's and AR's EUDAMED registration; declaration per MDR Art. 22(1).

Conditions
  • On request during economic-operator registration verification
  • Applicability of each document varies by operator type (MF/AR/IM/PR)

MF = fabricant (manufacturer), AR = mandataire, IM = importateur, PR = fournisseur de systèmes et nécessaires.

Economic-operator roles

Which manufacturer, representative, holder, applicant, importer, and distributor roles apply?

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National registration of manufacturers and authorised representatives

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Any manufacturer established in Luxembourg placing devices on the market in its own name must register with the Direction de la santé (meddevices@ms.etat.lu); EU authorised representatives established in Luxembourg must likewise register. Luxembourg recognises EUDAMED registration as fulfilling these national requirements. Importers and system/procedure-pack suppliers established in Luxembourg register via the EUDAMED Actor Registration Module; every registration request must be validated by the competent authority.

Conditions
  • Economic operators established in Luxembourg

Operators are encouraged to register early given Regulation (EU) 2024/1860 and Decision 2025/2371 timeframes.

Establishment, import & distribution

Which establishment licences, importer permissions, and distribution controls apply?

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No distributor registration requirement

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Fact-level verified

No registration is currently provided for distributors in Luxembourg — neither as economic operators nor for the devices they distribute — but this may change in the future. National language requirements must still be met for distributed devices.

Conditions
  • Applies to distributors of medical devices and IVDs in Luxembourg

Sections 'Distributeurs' and 'Distribution'.

Label, IFU & language

Which label and IFU elements, languages, symbols, and translation controls apply?

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Language requirement — medical devices and IVDs

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Fact-level verified

For medical devices and IVDs, the information to be provided to users and patients must be written in French, German or Luxembourgish. For devices intended exclusively for professional use, the information may also be provided in English.

Conditions
  • Medical devices and IVDs
  • English only for devices intended exclusively for professional use

National language delta beyond MDR Art. 10(11); also applies to devices distributed in Luxembourg (see 'Distribution' section).

Manufacturer PMS

Which PMS plan, report, PMCF or PMPF, trend, and lifecycle-update duties apply?

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Post-market surveillance reporting (Arts. 83-86)

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Manufacturers must implement a post-market surveillance system (Art. 83) and a documented post-market surveillance plan proportionate to the risk class and appropriate to the type of device (Art. 84). Class I devices require a post-market surveillance report summarising results and conclusions (Art. 85); class IIa, IIb and III devices require a periodic safety update report (PSUR) per device or category, updated at least annually for class IIb and III devices and at least every two years for class IIa devices, forming part of the technical documentation (Art. 86).

Conditions
  • EU-wide rule under Regulation (EU) 2017/745, which applies directly in the member state; national implementing or administrative details are not covered by this fact.

Effective from 2021-05-26

Official forms & portals

Which current form, portal, account, and submission package must be used?

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Official form or portal surface

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Submission Surface

EUDAMED (mandatory use from 28 May 2026) as the shared system, plus a national email channel: meddevices@ms.etat.lu for actor/device registration, custom-made-device registration and MDR Art. 59 / IVDR Art. 54 derogation applications; recherchebiomedicale@ms.etat.lu and meddevices@ms.etat.lu for clinical-investigation applications (MDCG 2021-08 Annex I form); meddevices.vigilance@ms.etat.lu for vigilance (MIR form)

Verified Highlights
  • National custom-made device registration form (Word) published on the CA site
  • Derogation application form (Fiche de renseignement demande dérogation) submitted by email with complete dossier
  • Clinical-investigation applications via MDCG 2021-08 Annex I form; safety reports via MDCG 2020-10/2 Rev. 1 form
Caveat

No national online portal; email-based procedures with Word/PDF forms continue until the respective EUDAMED modules are operational.

Conditions
  • Applies to all national submission types for medical devices and IVDs

Baseline caveat 'routine surface incomplete' now completed: the current CA pages document registration, custom-made, derogation and clinical-investigation surfaces.

QMS, audit & inspection

Which QMS, audit, inspection, and certificate scope is accepted or required?

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Manufacturer quality management system (Art. 10(9))

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Fact-level verified

Manufacturers must establish, document, implement, maintain, keep up to date and continually improve a quality management system that ensures compliance with the Regulation in the most effective manner and in a manner proportionate to the risk class and the type of device; the system covers design and manufacture through final inspection and is assessed by the notified body as part of conformity assessment (Annex IX Chapter I).

Conditions
  • EU-wide rule under Regulation (EU) 2017/745, which applies directly in the member state; national implementing or administrative details are not covered by this fact.

Effective from 2021-05-26

Recall, FSCA & market surveillance

Which recall, FSCA, notice, and authority-coordination duties apply?

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Market-surveillance authority and activities

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Market surveillance of medical devices is the responsibility of the Direction de la santé, acting through the Division de la pharmacie et des médicaments (DPM), whose functions include inspecting and regularly controlling the informal market, including e-commerce, to prevent illegal trade in health products; from 28 May 2026 EUDAMED market-surveillance use is mandatory.

Conditions
  • Applies to medical devices and IVDs on the Luxembourg market

DPM market-surveillance activities also include inspections and handling of establishment-authorisation requests (see DPM 'Surveillance du marché' page).

Registration pathways

Which registration, notification, listing, reliance, or conformity route applies?

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National registration of Class I devices and IVDs

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Fact-level verified

Before placing a Class I medical device or an IVD on the market, the manufacturer or authorised representative established in Luxembourg must register the device with the Direction de la santé; registration in EUDAMED (mandatory use from 28 May 2026) is accepted as fulfilling this national requirement. The CA reserves the right to request supporting documents not available in EUDAMED (declaration of conformity, QMS certificate, IFU, labelling copy, in certain cases technical documentation).

Conditions
  • Manufacturer or EU authorised representative established in Luxembourg
  • Applies to Class I medical devices and IVDs (higher classes are registered directly in EUDAMED once actor registration is validated)

Contact for registration: meddevices@ms.etat.lu.

Reliance & recognition

Which foreign decisions or evidence can be reused, with what effect and conditions?

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Existing records include acceptance, restrictions and evidence reuse. The applicable product scope and conditions are preserved below; a reference does not by itself confer market access.

Luxembourg approvals and evidence in other markets (0 records)

No linked record is currently maintained. This does not establish that a pathway is unavailable.

Prior approvals and evidence for Luxembourg (3 records)

Prior approval / evidence record

FDA 510(k)/PMA

Authority

FDA 510(k)/PMA

Accepted

No

Benefit

No substitute for EU MDR conformity assessment; useful as predicate documentation in the technical file

Maintained reference · planning ranges remain estimates · reviewed 2026-08-29

Regulatory reference

NMPA certificate does not replace EU conformity assessment

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Statement

For ordinary market placement under MDR/IVDR, a Chinese approval does not replace conformity assessment under MDR Article 52 or IVDR Article 48. The applicable EU class and procedure must be established independently; lower-risk devices may self-declare, while other devices require notified-body assessment. This is a finding about the ordinary conformity route, not a ban on Chinese devices or their technical evidence.

Source Jurisdiction Id

china

Source Authority Id

nmpa

Source Approval

China NMPA medical device registration certificate (Class II/III) or Class I filing record

Target Jurisdiction Id

luxembourg

China Classes In Scope

All NMPA classes (I filing, II, III) -> all EU MDR/IVDR classes

Edge Type

No Reliance Route

Market Access Strength

none

Regulatory Layer

Product Marketing

Local Application Required

null

Target Decision Retained

null

Conditions
  • Determine the local class independently; NMPA Class III is not an automatic EU class assignment.
  • A local regulatory application/decision is not universal: MDR Article 52(7) and IVDR Article 48(10) permit specified self-declaration routes.
  • Clinical, performance and technical evidence must meet the applicable EU requirements; the certificate alone does not replace them.
  • Special-purpose, investigational, custom-made and derogation regimes require separate assessment.

Independent review of current EUR-Lex consolidations supports this bounded ordinary-route conclusion. It does not establish the absence of every special route.

LuxembourgEU conformity assessment

Prior approval / evidence record

EU CE under MDR/IVDR — single market validity

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Target

geo:lux

Source Approval

EU CE under MDR/IVDR

Edge Type

Single Market Validity

Market Access Strength

direct

Regulatory Layer

Product Marketing

Same Device Required

Yes

Local Application Required

No

Target Decision Retained

No

Conditions
  • medical devices and IVDs subject to route-specific scope
  • valid CE conformity route for the device
  • country language, economic-operator, EUDAMED, and national vigilance obligations still apply

Confirmed on the Luxembourg CA website; national conditions (registration, language, vigilance) still apply.

Review clocks

What review, validation, and applicant stop-clock rules apply?

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Clinical investigation review clock (Art. 70(7))

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Fact-level verified

For clinical investigation applications, the member state must notify the sponsor of the authorisation decision within 45 days of the validation date (Art. 70(5)), extendable by a further 20 days for the purpose of consulting with experts; once notified, and absent a negative ethics opinion valid for the entire member state, the sponsor may start the investigation with the devices referred to in the application.

Conditions
  • EU-wide rule under Regulation (EU) 2017/745, which applies directly in the member state; national implementing or administrative details are not covered by this fact.

Effective from 2021-05-26

The fixed statutory clock in the MDR is the clinical-investigation authorisation clock; no statutory review deadline is fixed for notified-body conformity assessment itself.

Special access & derogation

Is an emergency, compassionate, custom, humanitarian, or other exceptional path available?

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Conformity-assessment derogation application route (MDR Art. 59 / IVDR Art. 54)

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Fact-level verified

For requests to place on the market / put into service a medical device or IVD on Luxembourg territory by derogation from the conformity-assessment procedures (MDR Art. 59 / IVDR Art. 54), the applicant must submit the completed 'Fiche de renseignement – demande de dérogation de procédures de conformité' form together with all relevant documents to meddevices@ms.etat.lu; only complete dossiers are processed.

Conditions
  • Applies to MDR Art. 59 and IVDR Art. 54 derogation requests on Luxembourg territory

Section verified in the page version consulted on 2026-08-25 (last modified 05.01.2026); it was not visible in the post-28 May 2026 EUDAMED-update version of the same page — confirm current form availability with the DPM.

Custom-made device manufacturer registration and documentation

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Fact-level verified

Manufacturers of custom-made medical devices must transmit to the Direction de la santé (meddevices@ms.etat.lu): the duly completed registration form (formulaire-enregistrement-mdr-ivdr.docx); a recent RCS (trade register) extract; the declaration per MDR Annex XIII; applicable conformity certificates; QMS certificate where applicable; labelling and IFU where applicable; and documents demonstrating PRRC qualifications (Art. 15 MDR). They must also submit the list of custom-made devices put into service in Luxembourg.

Conditions
  • Manufacturers of custom-made medical devices placing devices on the Luxembourg market

National registration and documentation delta on top of MDR Annex XIII.

Submission communications & appeal

How are deficiencies answered, clocks handled, and decisions escalated or appealed?

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Three-month tribunal appeal and recours gracieux

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Fact-level verified

Unless a special law or regulation sets a longer or shorter period, an action before the administrative tribunal is no longer admissible after three months from the day the decision was notified to the applicant, or from the day the applicant could take knowledge of it (loi du 21 juin 1999 Art. 13(1)). A recours gracieux to the competent authority before that period expires suspends the contentieux period, which then starts again from notification of the new decision (Art. 13(2)). If more than three months pass after the recours gracieux without a new decision, the contentieux period starts at the end of the third month (Art. 13(3)). The date of the recours gracieux is proved by the notification of it or by a récépissé from the authority, which must be produced with the tribunal action (Art. 13(3)).

Conditions
  • This is the general administrative-court route against a decision of the minister or of the Direction de la santé. The device pages on sante.lu do not publish a special shorter appeal period.
  • Art. 13(1) is displaced only where another law or regulation fixes a different period.

Eight-day hearing and motivated refusal before an adverse decision

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Fact-level verified

Unless there is péril en la demeure, an authority that proposes of its own motion to revoke or modify a decision that created or recognised rights, or to take a decision without an initiative from the person concerned, must tell that person by registered letter of the facts and law that lead it to act and must give at least eight days to submit observations, with a right to be heard in person if asked within that period (RGD 8 June 1979 Art. 9). A refusal of a request, a revocation or modification, a decision on recours gracieux, hiérarchique or de tutelle, and a decision that departs from a consultative opinion must be formally motivated (Art. 6). Appeal periods, administrative as well as contentieux, run only from communication of those reasons where motivation is required (Art. 7). A refusal or of-office revocation must also indicate the appeal routes, the time limit, the body to which the appeal is addressed and how it is to be presented (Art. 14).

Conditions
  • These rules apply to individual administrative decisions of the Direction de la santé, including a ministerial clinical-investigation authorisation under Art. 27 of the law of 8 March 2018, unless a special statute organises an equivalent procedure (loi du 1er décembre 1978 Art. 4).
  • Art. 9 is the hearing before an of-office adverse act. A request that is simply incomplete is handled under Art. 6 as a refusal that must be motivated, not under a separate statutory cure clock.

UDI, listing & traceability

Which UDI, device listing, database, and traceability duties apply?

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EUDAMED use mandatory from 28 May 2026

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Fact-level verified

From 28 May 2026 the use of EUDAMED becomes mandatory for many MDR/IVDR obligations, including actor registration, UDI/device registration, certificates and market surveillance; economic operators are strongly encouraged to complete their EUDAMED registration and transfer their data as early as possible.

Conditions
  • Applies to all economic operators
  • Vigilance and Clinical Investigation modules not yet operational — national procedures continue for those

Effective from 2026-05-28

Luxembourg accepts EUDAMED registration as fulfilling national registration requirements.

Vigilance & incident reporting

What is reportable, by whom, where, in what format, and by what deadline?

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Clinical-investigation safety reporting deadlines

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Fact-level verified

For any event related to a clinical investigation conducted in Luxembourg, the sponsor notifies without delay to meddevices.vigilance@ms.etat.lu using the form in MDCG 2020-10/2 Rev. 1: (1) any serious adverse event with an established or reasonably conceivable causal link to the device, comparator or investigation procedure — immediately, no later than 2 calendar days after the sponsor becomes aware; (2) any device deficiency that could have led to a serious adverse event, and any new finding on events already reported — no later than 7 calendar days. An initial incomplete report may be submitted to allow timely notification.

Conditions
  • Clinical investigations of medical devices conducted in Luxembourg

National submission channel and deadlines implementing MDR Annex XV / MDCG 2020-10 guidance.

Serious-incident reports (MDR Art. 87) to national mailbox with MIR form

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Fact-level verified

Notifications under MDR Art. 87 must be sent to meddevices.vigilance@ms.etat.lu using the most recent version of the MIR (Manufacturer Incident Report) form available on the European Commission website.

Conditions
  • Serious incidents with CE-marked devices used within their intended purpose (stated in the clinical-investigation context)
  • meddevices.vigilance@ms.etat.lu is the national device-vigilance mailbox pending the EUDAMED Vigilance module

National reporting channel beyond EUDAMED (module not yet operational).

National vigilance procedures continue until EUDAMED Vigilance module is operational

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Fact-level verified

The EUDAMED Vigilance and Clinical Investigation modules are not yet operational; until their activation, national procedures continue to apply in Luxembourg. The CA page will be updated once the European Commission announces the entry into application of these modules.

Conditions
  • Applies to vigilance reporting in Luxembourg until the EUDAMED Vigilance module becomes operational

National vigilance channel: meddevices.vigilance@ms.etat.lu (see related fact on MIR reporting).

Related structured datasets

Classification systems · 1 record
Open EU MDR classes I, Is, Im, Ir, IIa, IIb and III →
Id

luxembourg:medical-device

Jurisdiction Id

luxembourg

Domains
  • medical-device
Name

EU MDR classes I, Is, Im, Ir, IIa, IIb and III

Description

National projection of the directly applicable EU MDR classification. The canonical class axis and rules are maintained in eu:medical-device; national references describe only administration or local deltas.

Classes
  • Id

    i

    Label

    Class I

    Normalized Risk Level

    low

  • Id

    is

    Label

    Class Is

    Normalized Risk Level

    low

  • Id

    im

    Label

    Class Im

    Normalized Risk Level

    low

  • Id

    ir

    Label

    Class Ir

    Normalized Risk Level

    low

  • Id

    iia

    Label

    Class IIa

    Normalized Risk Level

    medium

  • Id

    iib

    Label

    Class IIb

    Normalized Risk Level

    high

  • Id

    iii

    Label

    Class III

    Normalized Risk Level

    highest

Regulator

Direction de la santé

Official Domains
  • santesecu.public.lu
  • legilux.public.lu
  • eur-lex.europa.eu
  • europa.eu
Source Status

official-source-verified

Reference Sources
  • Title

    Direction de la santé — Dispositifs médicaux (Portail Santé, mise à jour du 20/07/2026)

    Url

    https://santesecu.public.lu/fr/espace-professionnel/departement-sante/pharmacies-et-medicaments/dispositifs-medicaux.html

    Reviewed On

    2026-08-29

    Supports

    Luxembourg publishes no national class axis: the page states that Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR) apply, so MDR Annex VIII classification governs directly. National delta: before placing a Class I device or an IVD on the market, a manufacturer or authorised representative established in Luxembourg must register it with the Direction de la santé, and since EUDAMED became mandatory Luxembourg accepts EUDAMED registration as satisfying that national requirement.

  • Title

    Loi modifiée du 16 janvier 1990 relative aux dispositifs médicaux, version consolidée applicable au 25/08/2018, art. 1er et 2

    Url

    https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/1990/01/16/n1/consolide/20180825

    Reviewed On

    2026-08-29

    Supports

    The still-in-force national framework law places marketing, import, advertising and use of medical devices under the supervision of the ministers responsible for Health and Justice (art. 1er) and delegates any national division of devices into classes to a règlement grand-ducal (art. 2); no such grand-ducal regulation establishes a class axis competing with MDR Annex VIII.

Inherited From Scheme Id

eu:medical-device

Source Title

Regulation (EU) 2017/745, Art. 51 and Annex VIII

Source Url

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/745/oj

Verified On

2026-08-29

Source Supports
  • class-axis
  • classification-rules
Registration pathways, prior approvals and planning · 1 record
Open Luxembourg registration →
Country

Luxembourg

Jurisdiction Id

luxembourg

Country Code

LU

Flag

🇱🇺

Regulator

Direction de la santé, Ministry of Health and Social Security

Regulator Abbrev

Directorate of Health

Region

europe

Tier

3

Risk Classification

4-class (I, IIa, IIb, III) — EU MDR

Classes
  • Id

    class-i

    Class Name

    Class I

    Risk Level

    low

    Pathway

    Self-declaration (no notified body)

    Official Timeline
    Min

    0

    Max

    0

    Unit

    days

    Verification Status

    official-verified

    Official Source
    Title

    EUR-Lex Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR)

    Url

    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/745/oj

    Accessed Date

    2026-08-25

    Realistic Timeline
    Min

    6

    Max

    9

    Unit

    months

    Notes
    • MDR Art. 52(7): non-sterile, non-measuring, non-reusable-surgical Class I devices are self-declared, so no authority or notified body reviews the file and there is no review clock
    • Elapsed time is Eudamed actor and device registration, which has no guaranteed processing time, plus any national registration duty
    Clinical Trial Required

    No

    Local Testing Required

    No

    Gmp Required

    Yes

Key Requirements
  • EU Authorized Representative (for non-EU manufacturers)
  • National Class I and IVD registration with the Direction de la santé (meddevices@ms.etat.lu) applies only where the manufacturer or its authorised representative is established in Luxembourg; higher classes are registered directly in Eudamed once actor registration is validated
  • Economic operators established in Luxembourg register through the Eudamed actor registration module and each request must be validated by the competent authority; no processing clock is published
  • Labelling and instructions must be in French or German for active implantable devices, and in French, German or Luxembourgish for other devices and IVDs
  • Clinical investigations are filed with the ministry on the MDCG 2021-08 Annex I form pending Eudamed, under the MDR Art. 70 clocks; the report is due within one year of completion or three months after early termination
  • Art. 59 derogation requests and vigilance reports go to the Direction de la santé rather than through any national pre-market approval
Prior Approvals
  • Authority

    FDA 510(k)/PMA

    Accepted

    No

    Benefit

    No substitute for EU MDR conformity assessment; useful as predicate documentation in the technical file

Local Rep Required

Yes

Local Rep Name

EU Authorized Representative

Mdsap Accepted

No

Mdsap Benefit

ISO 13485 accepted as QMS evidence

Registration Validity

5 years (CE certificate)

Last Updated

2026-08-29

Verification Status

partially-verified

Official Sources
  • Title

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/977, Art. 2 — maximum notified-body conformity assessment timelines (30 + 120/90 parallel + 20 days)

    Url

    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/977/oj

    Effective Date

    2027-02-25

    Accessed Date

    2026-08-29

  • Title

    EUR-Lex Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR)

    Url

    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/745/oj

    Accessed Date

    2026-08-25

  • Title

    EUR-Lex MDR consolidated text — Annex IX §5.1 (expert-panel clinical evaluation consultation: 21/60 days) and §5.2(d) (ancillary medicinal-substance opinion: 210 days)

    Url

    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02017R0745-20250110

    Accessed Date

    2026-08-29

Reviewed On

2026-08-29

Process
Template Id

default

Status

planning-template

Usage Rule

Maintained planning steps and estimates, not verified regulator deadlines.

Steps
  • Step

    1

    Title

    Pre-Submission Preparation

    Description

    Gather technical documentation, quality management system (QMS) records, and clinical data required by Directorate of Health. Appoint a EU Authorized Representative.

    Duration

    1-3 months

    Icon

    📋

  • Step

    2

    Title

    Application Submission

    Description

    Submit complete registration dossier to Directorate of Health including device description, risk analysis, and testing reports.

    Duration

    1-2 weeks

    Icon

    📤

  • Step

    3

    Title

    Administrative Review

    Description

    Directorate of Health reviews application for completeness. May request additional documents or clarifications.

    Duration

    2-4 weeks

    Icon

    🔍

  • Step

    4

    Title

    Technical Evaluation

    Description

    In-depth technical assessment of device safety and performance. Directorate of Health may issue questions.

    Duration

    0 days

    Icon

    ⚙️

  • Step

    5

    Title

    Registration Approval

    Description

    Upon successful review, Directorate of Health issues Luxembourg market authorization certificate.

    Duration

    1-2 weeks

    Icon

    ✅

Government fee schedules · 0 records

No maintained record.

Additional certifications and licences · 1 record
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Slug

luxembourg

Market

Luxembourg

Confidence

high

Schemes
  • Id

    lvd-medical-exclusion-mdr-electrical-safety

    Name

    MDR electrical safety in place of the Low Voltage Directive

    Category

    Medical Electrical Safety

    Status

    Included In Medical Registration

    Object

    Finished Device

    Note

    Annex II of Directive 2014/35/EU places electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes outside the Low Voltage Directive, so there is no separate national electrical-safety certificate for a medical device. Electrical safety is assessed inside the MDR conformity assessment against MDR Annex I, with the harmonised IEC/EN 60601 series carrying the presumption of conformity.

    Source Urls
    • https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/35/oj
    Source Binding

    candidate

  • Id

    emc-directive-disapplied-by-mdr

    Name

    MDR electromagnetic compatibility in place of the EMC Directive

    Category

    emc

    Status

    Included In Medical Registration

    Object

    Finished Device

    Note

    Article 2(3) of Directive 2014/30/EU switches the EMC Directive off where other Union legislation lays the same essential requirements down more specifically, which MDR Annex I sections 18.5 and 18.6 do for medical devices. EMC is therefore dossier evidence inside the CE route and not a separate national EMC conformity step.

    Source Urls
    • https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj
    Source Binding

    candidate

  • Id

    loi-2016-radio-equipment-free-movement

    Name

    Loi du 27 juin 2016 on making radio equipment available

    Category

    Radio Spectrum

    Status

    Mandatory If Feature

    Object

    Radio Equipment

    Note

    Article 7 of the loi modifiée of 27 June 2016 has the ILNAS market surveillance department authorise the putting into service and use of radio equipment that complies with the law when properly installed, maintained and used for its purpose, and article 9(1) provides that making compliant radio equipment available on the market may not be obstructed on grounds covered by the law. That free-movement clause is an express negative: no Luxembourg type approval appears anywhere in the text. ILR supplies the regulated radio interfaces that ILNAS notifies, and spectrum authorisations run under the loi modifiée of 30 May 2005. The consolidated text read is the version as at 27 December 2019; the loi of 3 March 2026 transposing Directive (EU) 2024/2839 has since amended it, so article numbering may have moved.

    Source Urls
    • https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2016/06/27/n6/consolide/20191227
    Source Binding

    candidate

  • Id

    rgd-2013-rohs-substance-restriction

    Name

    Règlement grand-ducal du 30 juillet 2013 substance restriction (RoHS)

    Category

    Environmental And Batteries

    Status

    Evidence Only No Separate Certificate

    Object

    Electrical Electronic Medical Device

    Note

    Article 3(1) and (2) of the règlement grand-ducal modifié of 30 July 2013 provide that EEE placed on the market, including cables and spare parts for repair, reuse, functional updating or capacity upgrading, contain none of the Annex II substances above the maximum concentration by weight in homogeneous materials. The coordinated text read is consolidated to 24 March 2014, so its annexes are superseded by later règlements even though article 3 is stable, and the instrument as read designates no market surveillance authority. Directive 2011/65/EU Annex I category 8 covers medical devices, Article 4(3) has bound medical devices since 22 July 2014 and in vitro diagnostic medical devices since 22 July 2016, and Article 2(4)(h) excludes active implantable medical devices.

    Source Binding

    unresolved

  • Id

    loi-2022-weee-producer-register

    Name

    Registre des producteurs for electrical and electronic equipment

    Category

    Environmental And Batteries

    Status

    Mandatory If Feature

    Object

    Producer Or Authorised Representative

    Note

    Article 17(1) of the loi of 9 June 2022 on waste electrical and electronic equipment has the Administration de l'environnement keep an electronic register of producers, including distance sellers, and enters in it any producer or mandataire that has obtained its agrément or is a member of an approved organisation and registered as such. Registration is therefore derivative: the substantive gate is the agrément under article 19 of the loi modifiée of 21 March 2012 on waste, not the register entry, and no clause bars market placement for non-registration. Ecotrel asbl is the approved collective organisation for household equipment. Directive 2012/19/EU Article 2(4)(g) excludes devices expected to be infective before end of life and active implantable devices; other medical devices are in scope, and Article 16 requires each Member State to keep a producer register.

    Source Binding

    unresolved

  • Id

    batteries-regulation-bill-pending

    Name

    Batteries Regulation producer register pending a national act

    Category

    Environmental And Batteries

    Status

    Mandatory If Feature

    Object

    Battery Producer Or Authorised Representative

    Note

    Luxembourg has not yet enacted a national Article 55 instrument. The projet de loi relative aux batteries et aux déchets de batteries was still under government amendment as of 19 August 2026; its article 5 would have the Administration de l'environnement establish the register of battery producers required by Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, published electronically on a public website, and would combine the Article 55 registration and Article 58 approval steps as Article 55(8) allows. Today the operative rule is the Regulation itself plus the agrément machinery of the loi modifiée of 21 March 2012, administered by the Administration de l'environnement, with Ecobatterien asbl as the approved collective organisation. Article 11(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 lets professional medical imaging and radiotherapy devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices restrict portable-battery replacement to independent professionals, and Article 11(3) lifts the removability duty where continuity of supply is needed for safety or data integrity.

    Source Urls
    • https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj
    Source Binding

    candidate

  • Id

    division-radioprotection-establishment-authorisation

    Name

    Division de la radioprotection establishment authorisation

    Category

    Ionizing Radiation

    Status

    Mandatory For Use Site

    Object

    Radiation Source Acquisition Holding Or Use

    Source Urls
    • https://guichet.public.lu/fr/entreprises/urbanisme-environnement/subst-dangereuses/subst-radioactives/autorisation-detention-sources-radioactives-rayons-x.html
    Source Binding

    candidate

  • Id

    acceptance-test-and-conformity-finding

    Name

    Acceptance test and conformity finding before use

    Category

    Ionizing Radiation

    Status

    Mandatory If Feature

    Object

    Radiological Medical Equipment

    Source Urls
    • https://guichet.public.lu/fr/entreprises/urbanisme-environnement/subst-dangereuses/subst-radioactives/autorisation-detention-sources-radioactives-rayons-x.html
    • https://santesecu.public.lu/en/espace-professionnel/departement-sante/radioprotection/radioprotection-etablissement-autorisation/etablissements-medicaux/conseils-radioprotection.html
    Source Binding

    candidate

Official Sources
  • Authority

    EUR-Lex

    Topic

    Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU Annex II — electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes outside scope

    Url

    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/35/oj

  • Authority

    EUR-Lex

    Topic

    EMC Directive 2014/30/EU Article 2(3) — more specific Union legislation displaces the directive

    Url

    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj

  • Authority

    EUR-Lex

    Topic

    RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU Annex I category 8 and Article 4(3) medical-device application dates

    Url

    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj

  • Authority

    EUR-Lex

    Topic

    WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU Article 2(4)(g) medical-device exclusions and Article 16 national producer register

    Url

    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2012/19/oj

  • Authority

    EUR-Lex

    Topic

    Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 Articles 11 and 55 — medical-device removability derogation and producer register

    Url

    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj

  • Authority

    Legilux

    Topic

    Loi modifiée du 27 juin 2016 concernant la mise à disposition sur le marché d'équipements radioélectriques, arts. 7 and 9

    Url

    https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2016/06/27/n6/consolide/20191227

  • Authority

    Legilux

    Topic

    Règlement grand-ducal du 30 juillet 2013 art. 3 — RoHS substance limits (texte coordonné)

    Url

    https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/tc/2014/04/07/n1/jo

  • Authority

    Legilux

    Topic

    Loi du 9 juin 2022 relative aux déchets d'équipements électriques et électroniques, art. 17 — register of producers

    Url

    https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2022/06/09/a266/jo

  • Authority

    Legilux

    Topic

    Projet de loi relative aux batteries et aux déchets de batteries, art. 5 — Article 55 register (bill, not law)

    Url

    https://legilux.public.lu/filestore/eli/dl/pl/2025/226/doc/dpl/1/fr/pdf/eli-dl-pl-2025-226-doc-dpl-1-fr-pdf.pdf

  • Authority

    Guichet.lu (Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)

    Topic

    authorisation for the acquisition, holding or use of radioactive sources or X-ray equipment

    Url

    https://guichet.public.lu/fr/entreprises/urbanisme-environnement/subst-dangereuses/subst-radioactives/autorisation-detention-sources-radioactives-rayons-x.html

  • Authority

    Ministry of Health and Social Security — Division de la radioprotection

    Topic

    acceptance testing and conformity findings for radiological medical equipment

    Url

    https://santesecu.public.lu/en/espace-professionnel/departement-sante/radioprotection/radioprotection-etablissement-autorisation/etablissements-medicaux/conseils-radioprotection.html

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