Medical Devices Regulation Annex V and IVDR Annex V: where the texts differ

textually similar (0.986) · paired on the Medical Devices Regulation text of 19 July 2026 and the IVDR text of 10 January 2025 · headings the same

Medical Devices Regulation Annex V and IVDR Annex V are textually similar: their words match at a ratio of 0.986, where 1 is identical text. That says nothing about what either provision requires, or whether one should change because the other did.

Medical Devices Regulation Annex V on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex) · IVDR Annex V on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex)

Where the texts differ

Each passage is a differing span with up to 6 unchanged words either side, from the text as compared, spacing collapsed, and cut at 400 characters where it ends […]. It is an excerpt for reading where the two differ, not the verbatim text.

Passage	Medical Devices Regulation Annex V	IVDR Annex V
1	the CE marking is reduced or enlarged, the proportions given in the above	the CE marking is reduced or enlarged the proportions given in the above

Aligned sub-provisions

Medical Devices Regulation first, then IVDR, each with its word ratio.

Annex V(1) and Annex V(1) · 1.000
Annex V(2) and Annex V(2) · 0.950
Annex V(3) and Annex V(3) · 1.000

Changes since the texts were paired

The record holds no change to either provision after the versions they were paired on.