Medical Devices Regulation Art. 94 and IVDR Art. 89: where the texts differ

textually similar (0.984) · 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. 94 and IVDR Art. 89 are textually similar: their words match at a ratio of 0.984, 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. 94 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex) · IVDR Art. 89 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. 94	IVDR Art. 89
1	Article 94 Evaluation of devices suspected of presenting	Article 89 Evaluation of devices suspected of presenting
2	to the risk presented by the device, or to any other non-compliance of	to the risk presented by the device or to any other non-compliance of

Aligned sub-provisions

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

Art. 94(1) and Art. 89(1) · 0.990
Art. 94(1)(a) and Art. 89(1)(a) · 1.000
Art. 94(1)(b) and Art. 89(1)(b) · 1.000
Art. 94(2) and Art. 89(2) · 1.000

Changes since the texts were paired

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