Legislative processProposal — not adopted lawIndicative impact: medium

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746 as regards simplifying and reducing the burden of the rules on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/123 as regards the support of the European Medicines Agency for the expert panels on medical devices and Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as regards the list of Union harmonisation legislation referred to in its Annex I

16 December 2025 · European Parliament and Council of the EU

1. Official source details

Official title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746 as regards simplifying and reducing the burden of the rules on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/123 as regards the support of the European Medicines Agency for the expert panels on medical devices and Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as regards the list of Union harmonisation legislation referred to in its Annex I
Issuing authority
European Parliament and Council of the EU
Document type
Proposal for a regulation
Publication date
16 December 2025
Identifier
CELEX 52025PC1023
Official source
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52025PC1023 (opens official source in a new tab)
Collected via
EUR-Lex / EU Publications Office

2. Executive summary

Official metadata: Proposal for a regulation dated 2025-12-16. In the official EU Publications Office metadata this document proposes to amend the AI Act.

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3. Legal status and effective date

Proposal — not adopted law (Legislative process)

Effective / application date: Not stated in the source metadata.

4. Relevant articles

No AI Act article is explicitly referenced in the source metadata.

5. Potentially affected stakeholders

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6. Practical implications

Not yet analysed. The legal status above is taken from the official document type.

7. Suggested control considerations

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8. References and official links

9. Last source verification

13 November 2026, 12:18 UTC · first retrieved 13 November 2026, 11:35 UTC

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