Machinery Archives

Artificial Intelligence, New EU Rules Proposals

Artificial intelligence: New EU Regulatory Proposals. The EU Commission has put forward a series of new proposals related to Artificial Intelligence. Read all about it here.

Unfinished Machinery: Who Is Responsible For CE Marking?

Unfinished Machinery: Who Is Responsible For CE Marking? What if a manufacturer delivers machines without controls because the customer takes care of this himself or by others? This article answers your questions.

LEVA-EU Disputes Dutch bill for LEV’s

LEVA-EU disputes Dutch bill for LEV’s. It believes the proposal violates EU law and requests Dutch government to abandon the LEV approval framework.

Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC: European Commission updates list of European Harmonized Standards

The EU publsihed an update to the list of standards for machines was published today. These standards may be applied to prove conformity with the CE directive for machinery.

List of Standards for Machinery Updated

On July 11, 2014 the European Commission has published an updated list of European harmonized standards that pertain to the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) in the Official Journal of the European Union. Besides updates to existing standards, this list (2014/C 220/01) also contains 16 new standards.

Ask The Commission About The EU Machinery Directive

If you could, what would would you ask the European Commission about the Machinery Directive? Now is your chance!

Bedding firm fined over multiple safety failings

A Rochdale bedding manufacturer has been fined £50,000 after a health and safety inspection found the majority of its machines were unsafe to use.

European Commission updates list of European Harmonized Standards for the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)

List of harmonized standards for machinery

On April 5, the European Commission published an updated list of the European harmonized standards that pertain to the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC). The standards on this list may be used by machinery manufacturers to prove that their machinery complies with the essential requirements of this directive.