On 14 February 2017, the Russian government published the Resolution #160 (link in Russian) and extended by the 1 January 2021 the deadline for the administrative replacement of the Russian medical device registration certificates issued before 2013.

According to some experts for today from 4000 to 14000 medical devices on the Russian market have “old” form of licences.

The deadline for the replacement is harmonized with the end of validity of registration certificates according to upcoming Eurasian medical device regulation.