MDR: What is the status of the Notified Bodies under the MDR (today)?

According to the presentation answers for the following questions can be given:

  • Q: How many Notified Bodies are applying for the new regulation?
    • 28 applications in total were received by SANTE F
    • 21 for the MDR
    • 7 for the IVDR
  • Q: Is it assured that all product codes as published under the C(2017) 7779 are covered?
        (for details on the C(2017) 7779 see this post)
    • Yes, for the MDR all scopes are covered 
    • Yes, for the IVDR all Scopes are covered
  • Q: When will the joint assessments of the Notified Bodies be performed?
    • 3 in April 2018 (all MDR)
    • 4 in June 2018 (all MDR)
    • 2 in July 2018 (all IVDR)
    • 3 in September 2018 (2 MDR + 1 IVDR)
    • 1 in October 2018 (MDR)
    • 3 in November 2018 (1 IVDR + 2 MDR)
    • For another 3 Notified Bodies the scheduling is ongoing.

This presentation still leaves some open questions but it sheds some lights on the current situation.