What EU Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC -- CE Marking and Safety Requirements for Machinery requires
Directive 2006/42/EC (the Machinery Directive) sets out Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs) for machinery placed on the EU market or put into service. It applies to machinery (a product with at least one moving part, driven by an energy source other than direct human or animal effort), interchangeable equipment, safety components, lifting accessories, chains, ropes and webbing, detachable mechanical transmission devices, and partly completed machinery. Manufacturers must: conduct a risk assessment under Annex I Section 1; design machinery to comply with EHSRs; prepare Technical Documentation; issue a Declaration of Conformity (DoC); and affix CE marking. For high-risk Annex IV machinery (including power presses, chainsaw guards, woodworking machinery, and vehicle service lifts), conformity assessment requires either Notified Body examination (Annex IX EC type-examination) or full quality assurance (Annex X). The Directive will be replaced by Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 from 14 January 2027.
Pillar: Industrial IoT & Energy · Authority: European Parliament and the Council of the European Union · Version: 2024.1.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32006L0042
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Primary Citations — 6 traced to source
- Article 1-2 (scope: machinery, safety components, partly completed machinery); Article 5 (conformity assessment procedures); Annex I (EHSRs; risk assessment Section 1.1.2); Annex IV (high-risk machinery requiring NB); Annex VII (Technical Documentation); Annex IX (EC type-examination); Annex X (full quality assurance) — Directive 2006/42/EC -- Machinery Directive
- Article 50 (transition date 14 January 2027); new scope provisions for software-driven and AI-enabled machinery; Annex I (high-risk machinery categories); cybersecurity risk assessment requirement — Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 -- Machinery Regulation (successor from January 2027)
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