Medical Devices Regulation Art. 7 and IVDR Art. 7: where the texts differ

textually similar (0.989) · 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. 7 and IVDR Art. 7 are textually similar: their words match at a ratio of 0.989, 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. 7 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex) · IVDR Art. 7 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex) · Medical Devices Regulation Art. 7: its history

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. 7	IVDR Art. 7
1	be prohibited to use text, names, trade marks, pictures and figurative or other signs	be prohibited to use text, names, trademarks, pictures and figurative or other signs

Aligned sub-provisions

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

Art. 7(1) and Art. 7(1) · 0.989
Art. 7(1)(a) and Art. 7(1)(a) · 1.000
Art. 7(1)(b) and Art. 7(1)(b) · 1.000
Art. 7(1)(c) and Art. 7(1)(c) · 1.000
Art. 7(1)(d) and Art. 7(1)(d) · 1.000

Changes since the texts were paired

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