Textual twins
Medical Devices Regulation Art. 16 and IVDR Art. 16 where the texts differ
textually similar (0.994) · 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 Art. 16 and IVDR Art. 16 are textually similar: their words match at a ratio of 0.994, 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 Art. 16 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex) · IVDR Art. 16 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 Art. 16 | IVDR Art. 16 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the market a device under its name, registered trade name or registered | the market a device under its own name, registered trade name or registered |
| 2 | a manufacturer as defined in point (30) of Article 2, assembles or adapts | a manufacturer as defined in point (23) of Article 2, assembles or adapts |
| 3 | the manufacturer, in accordance with Section 23 of Annex I, relating to a | the manufacturer, in accordance with Section 20 of Annex I, relating to a |
| 4 | carrying out any of the activities mentioned in points (a) and (b) of | carrying out any of the activities referred to in points (a) and (b) of |
| 5 | competent authority with a sample or mock-up of the relabelled or repackaged | competent authority with a sample or a mock-up of the relabelled or repackaged |
Aligned sub-provisions
Medical Devices Regulation first, then IVDR, each with its word ratio.
- Art. 16(1) and Art. 16(1) · 0.991
- Art. 16(1)(1) and Art. 16(1)(1) · 0.996
- Art. 16(1)(1)(a) and Art. 16(1)(1)(a) · 0.991
- Art. 16(1)(1)(b) and Art. 16(1)(1)(b) · 1.000
- Art. 16(1)(1)(c) and Art. 16(1)(1)(c) · 1.000
- Art. 16(1)(2) and Art. 16(1)(2) · 0.976
- Art. 16(2) and Art. 16(2) · 0.995
- Art. 16(2)(1) and Art. 16(2)(1) · 0.994
- Art. 16(2)(1)(a) and Art. 16(2)(1)(a) · 0.978
- Art. 16(2)(1)(b) and Art. 16(2)(1)(b) · 1.000
- Art. 16(3) and Art. 16(3) · 1.000
- Art. 16(3)(1) and Art. 16(3)(1) · 1.000
- Art. 16(3)(2) and Art. 16(3)(2) · 1.000
- Art. 16(4) and Art. 16(4) · 0.988
- Art. 16(4)(1) and Art. 16(4)(1) · 0.988
Changes since the texts were paired
The record holds no change to either provision after the versions they were paired on.