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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-16-109623
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160316
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160321
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160321

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL N V
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000884624
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7 ABRAHAM DE VEERSTRAAT
		STREET 2:		CURACAO
		CITY:			NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
		STATE:			P8
		ZIP:			00000

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FUJIKAWA RAYMOND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001669831

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19961
		FILM NUMBER:		161517566

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3451 PLANO PARKWAY
		CITY:			LEWISVILLE
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75056
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    <periodOfReport>2016-03-16</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL N V</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OFIX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>3451 PLANO PKWY</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>75056</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President Spine Fixation</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                    <value>25367</value>
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                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-08-01</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>10000</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2024-06-30</value>
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                <value>33.12</value>
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                <value>2025-06-30</value>
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                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents (i) 10,949 shares directly owned; (ii) 8,518 time-based restricted stock awards in which 3,707 shares, 3,706 shares, 737 shares and 368 shares will vest in the remainder of 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively; and (iii) 5,900 performance-based restricted stock awards of 2,950 shares granted under both the 2014 Performance Vesting Restricted Stock Grant Agreement and the 2015 Performance Vesting Restricted Stock and Performance Share Unit Grant Agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These stock options vest in 25% increments on the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, August 1, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These stock options vest in 25% increments on the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, September 26, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These stock options vest in 25% increments on the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, June 30, 2014.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">These stock options vest in 25% increments on the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, June 30, 2015.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jeffrey M. Schumm, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-03-21</signatureDate>
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								EXHIBIT 24


POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey M. Schumm and Doug Rice,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for an on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,
4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
16th day of March, 2016.




____/s/ Raymond Fujikawa____
Signature


____Raymond Fujikawa______
Print Name

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