EUDAMED Registration Service

• Economic Operators (Manufacturers, Authorised Representatives, System and Procedure Pack producers, and importers) are those based in or outside the European Union. If they are involved in selling products into the EU Market or using the CE Mark.

Important Numbers & Code Relevant to EUDAMED

• SRN Number : as soon as the competent authority has accepted the actor registration, each actor receives an SRN (or actor ID). It is composed of first the country code, like “BE” for Belgium followed by the Actor role abbreviation (like “MF” for the manufacturer) and nine digits.
• EMDN (European Medical Devices Nomenclature) : they are codes that group medical devices in sets of terms or nomenclatures and are important to register in EUDAMED.
• Basic UDI-DI : They are a set of codes that group the medical device with the same intended purpose, risk class, and essential design & manufacturing characteristics.By contrast to UDI-DI,the Basic UDI-DI does not appear on the labels of devices.

After the technical documentation has been compiled and the EU Authorization Representative has been appointed (if required), the manufacturer may start the registration process. This process:

• is for all risk classes of medical devices and IVDs in the EU Markets
• Should be completed before the appointment of the Notified Body for assessment of conformity assessment procedure, as applicable.

Step1 : Basic UDI-DI and UDIs Issuing Entities (designated by the EU Commission ) such as IFA GmbH, GS1 AISBL, Health Industry Business Communications Council, and ICCBA give the basic UDI-DI and UDIs respectively.

Step2 : Registration of EU Representatives, Manufacturers and Importers

• Economic operators must register themselves in the Actor Registration Module where information regarding them and their device must be entered.
• After verification of the information entered, the Authority will issue (to Economic Operators)  an SRN (Single Registration Number) from the Electronic system.
• This SRN can be used by manufacturer for applying to notified body for conformity assessment.

Step3 : Registration of Devices
In the device registration modules, basic UDI-DI is entered followed by other information related to the medical device (like quantity per package, name, address of manufacturer and SRN, and member state information. For low-risk Medical devices and In Vitro Diagnostics, followed by the registration process, As per guidelines, the EU Declaration of Conformity needs to be prepared for the market launch. For high-risk Medical devices, the notified body‘s involvement is essential for conformity assessments. The manufacturer should prepare the EU declaration of conformity (upon the audit approval for CE Marking ) for market launch.
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