{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-42/annex-III/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-42/annex-III/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1993/42",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-42",
  "path": "annex/III/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The documentation must allow an understanding of the design, the manufacture and the performances of the product and must contain the following items in particular:\na general description of the type, including any variants planned, and its intended use(s),\ndesign drawings, methods of manufacture envisaged, in particular as regards sterilisation, and diagrams of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc.,\nthe descriptions and explanations necessary to understand the abovementioned drawings and diagrams and the operation of the product,\na list of the standards referred to in Article 5, applied in full or in part, and descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the essential requirements if the standards referred to in Article 5 have not been applied in full,\nthe results of the design calculations, risk analysis, investigations, technical tests, etc. carried out,\na statement indicating whether or not the device incorporates, as an integral part, a substance, or human blood derivative, referred to in Section 7.4 of Annex I, and the data on the tests conducted in this connection which are required to assess the safety, quality and usefulness of that substance, or human blood derivative, taking account of the intended purpose of the device,\na statement indicating whether or not the device is manufactured utilising tissues of animal origin as referred to in Directive 2003/32/EC,\nthe solutions adopted as referred to in Annex I, Chapter I, Section 2,\nthe pre-clinical evaluation,\nthe clinical evaluation referred to in Annex X,\nthe draft label and, where appropriate, instructions for use.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 amending Council Directive 90/385/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices, Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices and Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1993/42/annex/III/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:18.816106+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}