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Standards for the Machinery Directive

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Standards for the Directive 2006/42/EG

Which standards trigger presumption of conformity for the Machinery Directive? In this - continuously updated - post you will inform you on the latest changes.

Hint:

  • The European Commission publishes consolidated lists of standards with presumption of conformity in addition to the official implementing decisions. An overview of these lists can be found here.

Updates in the EU Official Journal

2023-01-10 Official Journal of the EU 2023/L 7

The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) was updated on 2023-01-10.

Official Journal of the EU: L 007
Publication Date: 2023-01-10
Legal basis: Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)
RESTRICTION: The standard EN 15194:2017 was published with a restriction.

 

Machinery Directive List of standards

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2022/04/13 Official Journal of the EU 2022/L 115

The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) was updated on 2022-04-13:

Official Journal of the EU: L 115
Publication Date: 2022-04-13
Legal basis: Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)
NEW: 3 standards were published in the Official Journal for the first time:

  • EN 13852-3:2021 - Cranes - Offshore cranes - Part 3: Light offshore cranes
  • EN 16564:2020 - Steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 5: Stranded ropes for lifts
  • EN 12609:2021 - Truck mixers - Safety requirements

SUCCESSOR: For 13 standards direct successors were published
AMENDMENT: For 3 standards amendments were published
REMOVED (WITH TRANSITIONAL PERIOD): 13 standards will be removed with transition period as per 10/11/2023.

 

Machinery Directive List of standards

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Comments:

  • For the standard EN 474-1:2006+A6:2019 (Earth-moving machinery - Safety - Part 1: General requirements), which was already listed in the OJEU, a further legal note regarding the presumption of conformity has been published
  • For some of the newly harmonised standards the national editions (ÖNORM) have not been published yet. Once they are available, they will be suplemented as soon as possible.
  • Among the newly added standards the following relevant type-B standards appear:
    • EN IEC 62061:2021 (Safety of machinery - Functional safety of safety-related control systems)
    • EN ISO 11202:2010/A1:2021 (Acoustics - Noise emitted by machinery and equipment - Amendment)

2021/10/15 Official Journal of the EU 2021/L 366

The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EG) was updated on 2021-10-15:

Official Journal of the EU: L 366
Publication Date: 2021-10-15
Legal basis: Machinery Directive (2006/42/EG)
NEW: 4 standards were published in the Official Journal for the first time:

  • EN 1459-5:2020 - Rough-terrain trucks - Safety requirements and verification - Part 5: Attachment interface
  • EN 16564:2020 - Machines and plants for mining and tooling of natural stone - Safety - Requirements for bridge type sawing/milling machines, included numerical control (NC/CNC) versions
  • EN 16808:2020 - Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries - Safety of machineries - Manual elevators
  • EN 19085-10:2019 - Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 10: Building site saws (contractor saws) (ISO 19085-10:2018, Corrected version 2019-12)

SUCCESSOR: For 21 standards direct successors were published
GEÄNDERT: For 1 standard an amendment was published
ENTFERNT (MIT ÜBERGANGSFRIST): 28 standards will be removed with transition period as per 04/15/2023, one standard per /05/02/2023.

 

Machinery Directive List of standards

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Comments:

  • The standard EN 12999:2020 was added as a successor of the standard 12999:2011+A2:201 within the Official Journal, however was no date of withdrawal announced for the previous standard. Hence both standards fulfill (for the time being) the presumption of conformity without restrictions
  • EN ISO 20430:2020 supersedes the standard EN 201:2009 (Plastics and rubber machines - Injection moulding machines - Safety requirements)
  • Standard EN 474-1:2006+A6:2019 was published in the OJEU with a restriction
  • Among the newly added standards the following relevant type-B standards appear:
    • EN 1837:2020
    • EN 11553-1:2020

2021-03-03 Official Journal of the EU L 72

The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EG) was updated on 2021-03-03:

Official Journal of the EU: L 72
Publication Date: 2021-03-03
Legal basis: Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)
NEW: One standard was published in the Official Journal for the first time (EN 62745:2017 incl. A1:2020)

SUCCESSOR: For 18 standards direct successors were published
AMENDED: For 8 standards amendments were published
REMOVED (WITH TRANSITIONAL TIME): 17  standards will be removed with transition period as per 09/03/2022

 

Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC List of standards

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Comments:

  • The standard EN ISO 3743-2:2019 was added as a successor of the standard EN ISO 3743-2:2009 within the Official Journal, however was no date of withdrawal announced for the previous standard. Hence both standards fulfill (for the time being) the presumption of conformity without restrictions
  • EN 13851:2019 supersedes the standard EN 574:1996 + A1:2008 (Safety of machinery - Two-hand control devices - Functional aspects - Principles for design)
  • EN 13854:2019 supersedes the standard EN 349:1993 + A1:2008 (Safety of machinery - Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body)

2020-04-02, EU Official Journal 2020/L 102/6

The list of harmonised standards giving presumption of conformity for the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC was updated on 2020-04-02:

EU Official Journal: 2020/L 102/6
Publication Date: 2020-04-02
Legal basis: Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC

NEW: 26 new standards were published for the first time
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD: 24 standards were given a transitional period

Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC

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