The Medical Device Directive—Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices—is intended to harmonise the laws relating to medical devices within the European Union. The MD Directive is a 'New Approach' Directive and consequently in order for a manufacturer to legally place a medical device on the European market the requirements of the MD Directive have to be met. Manufacturers' products meeting 'harmonised standards'^[1] have a presumption of conformity to the Directive. Products conforming with the MD Directive must have a CE mark applied. The Directive was most recently reviewed and amended by the 2007/47/EC and a number of changes were made. Compliance with the revised directive became mandatory on 21 March 2010.^{[citation needed]}

The Medical Devices Directive is being repealed and replaced by the 2017 EU Medical Device Regulation (EU 2017/745),^[2] effective on 26 May 2021.^[3]

• European Medical Devices Industry Group
• Registration of medical devices in Italy

• UDI Webinar Series and how it will affect European Medical Device manufacturers
• EU legislation summary
• European Medical Device Usability Requirements
• Essential links for CE Marking in the UK