Medical Devices Ordinance
(MedDO)

¹ If a des­ig­nated body ceases to carry out its con­form­ity as­sess­ment activ­it­ies, it shall no­ti­fy Swiss­med­ic and the man­u­fac­tur­ers con­cerned as soon as pos­sible. In the case of planned ces­sa­tion of activ­it­ies, no­tice must be giv­en one year be­fore the activ­it­ies cease. Swiss­med­ic will re­voke the des­ig­na­tion from the date on which the activ­it­ies cease.

² The cer­ti­fic­ates will re­main val­id for a max­im­um of nine months fol­low­ing ces­sa­tion of activ­it­ies, provided an­oth­er des­ig­nated body as­sumes re­spons­ib­il­ity for cer­ti­fy­ing the products con­cerned and con­firms this in writ­ing.

³ The des­ig­nated body as­sum­ing re­spons­ib­il­ity in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 2 shall con­duct a full as­sess­ment of the products con­cerned be­fore the nine-month peri­od ex­pires and be­fore is­su­ing new cer­ti­fic­ates for the products.