The provisions of this Title do not apply to:
1° Instruments, apparatus, equipment, materials or other articles, including software, intended to be used for research purposes without pursuing medical objectives ;
2° Reference materials certified at international level and materials used in programmes for the external assessment of the quality of analyses carried out by medical laboratories, with the exception of calibration agents and control materials which enable the user to ascertain or verify the performance of devices;
3° Products intended for general laboratory use unless, in view of their characteristics, they are specifically intended by their manufacturer for in vitro diagnostic tests.