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REG-EU-001 · Version 1

Countries authorising SUMD reprocessing

Ten countries in the 30-country European study area had notified national rules permitting some form of regulated single-use medical-device reprocessing through January 2025.

Dataset
Countries and regulation
Geography
European study area
Jurisdiction
Not reported
Organisation
Not reported
Device
Not reported
Programme
Not reported
Value
10 of 30 study countries
Unit
countries
Period / horizon
Notifications through January 2025
Price year
Not reported
Date checked
2026-09-17
Source date
2025-01-01

What this evidence supports

Ten countries in the 30-country European study area had notified national rules permitting some form of regulated single-use medical-device reprocessing through January 2025.

Count of countries listed as authorising a national pathway.

What it does not establish

It does not establish hospital uptake, successful clinical-use volumes, or savings.

Permission is a legal status, not evidence of hospital participation or realised savings.

Confidence

High: The country count and national pathways were checked against the Commission page; national restrictions still vary.

Calculator use

EU uptake; Transition Finance · Authorising-country baseline

Sources

Public update history

Version 1 · Published

Initial public evidence record · 17/09/2026