Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2120 of 30 July 2024 renewing the designation of issuing entities designated to operate a system for the assignment of Unique Device Identifiers (UDIs) in the field of medical device has been published in the OJEU

At the end of July, the EU Commission implemented decision (EU) 2024/2120 regarding the renewal of issuing entities who are designated for the assignments of UDI (Unique Device Identifier) for medical devices.

The regulation states that the issuing entities listed in the Annex of Decision (EU) 2019/939 will be renewed for the next 5 years (period June 27^th, 2024 – June 27^th, 2029). For ease of reference, the UDI issuing entities are listed below;

• GS1 AISBL [Ref: https://www.gs1.org/]
• Health Industry Business Communications Council (HIBCC) [Ref: https://www.hibcc.org/]
• ICCBBA [Ref: https://www.isbt128.org/]
• Informationsstelle für Arzneispezialitäten — IFA GmbH [Ref: https://www.ifaffm.de/]

The regulation published in the OJEU can be accessed using the following link