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EU digital health regulatory update sources

Below is a curated list of official EU sources for monitoring policy affecting wearables, AI-enabled health software, and health data governance. I grouped the keepers into MDR and wearable-device rules, AI Act implementation, and EHDS or GDPR-related health-data governance.

Wearables, MDR, IVDR, and device classification

Official Commission pages and documents for medical-device and in vitro diagnostic rules, including the latest classification guidance and the 2026 EUDAMED milestone. These are the most relevant sources for wearable devices that may qualify as medical devices or software as a medical device.

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The EUDAMED four first modules will be mandatory to use as from 28 May 2026
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Update - MDCG 2021-24 rev.1 - Guidance on classification of medical devices (April 2026)
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Update - Manual on borderline and classification under Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and 2017/746 - Septem...
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Proposal for a regulation to simplify rules on medical and in vitro diagnostic devices
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As set out in their first two recitals, the MDR and IVDR aim to establish a robust, transparent, · To achieve ...
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being developed in collaboration with the MDCG. Three modules have been available for · voluntary use Actors (...

AI Act and health-related high-risk AI

Commission and EU AI governance pages covering high-risk AI classification, implementation guidance, governance, and consultation activity. These are the key sources for health-related algorithms, including AI embedded in medical software, and they distinguish binding law from guidance and draft measures.

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Market surveillance authorities supervise and enforce the rules related to AI systems in the EU... Fundamental...
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Though not legally binding, they reflect the Commission's interpretation and will guide enforcement. In t...
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The AI Act establishes a two-tiered governance system, where national competent authorities are respon...
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3 - Draft Guidelines on the classification of high risk AI systems: Annex III of AI Act Download ... Commissio...
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This postponement will allow all providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems to prepare and implement the ...
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Any question on the AI Act? Visit our Single Information Platform ... PRESS RELEASE | 20 July 2026 Commission ...
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Harmonised Standards for High-Risk AI Systems under the AI Act: Progress and Availability - T...

EHDS, GDPR, and health-data governance

European Commission, EDPB, and EDPS sources on the European Health Data Space, health-data interoperability, secondary use, and data-protection questions relevant to wearables and AI-enabled health services. This group also includes recent supervisory opinions and consultation material.

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Frequently Asked Questions on the European Health Data Space
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The EHDS Regulation aims to create a patient-centred framework that strengthens patients' control...
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Health Technology Assessment – Member State Coordination Group adopts guiding principles on data transparency
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The following guidelines are an update of the guidance published in 2024. ... On 8 June 2026, the EDPS, the Ge...
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to obtain human intervention by the EUI, to express her or his point of view and to contest ... Generative AI ...
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Building on the EDPB Opinion on ... that processing special categories of personal data is in principle prohib...
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46 EDPB Opinion 28/2024 on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the c...