Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Show full title

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  1. Introductory Text
  2. Article 1.Scope
  3. Article 2.Definitions
  4. Article 3.Specific Directives
  5. Article 4.Market surveillance
  6. Article 5.Placing on the market and putting into service
  7. Article 6.Freedom of movement
  8. Article 7.Presumption of conformity and harmonised standards
  9. Article 8.Specific measures
  10. Article 9.Specific measures to deal with potentially hazardous machinery
  11. Article 10.Procedure for disputing a harmonised standard
  12. Article 11.Safeguard clause
  13. Article 12.Procedures for assessing the conformity of machinery
  14. Article 13.Procedure for partly completed machinery
  15. Article 14.Notified bodies
  16. Article 15.Installation and use of machinery
  17. Article 16.CE marking
  18. Article 17.Non-conformity of marking
  19. Article 18.Confidentiality
  20. Article 19.Cooperation between Member States
  21. Article 20.Legal remedies
  22. Article 21.Dissemination of information
  23. Article 21a.Exercise of the delegation
  24. Article 22.Committee
  25. Article 23.Penalties
  26. Article 24.Amendment of Directive 95/16/EC
  27. Article 25.Repeal
  28. Article 26.Transposition
  29. Article 27.Derogation
  30. Article 28.Entry into force
  31. Article 29.Addressees
    1. ANNEX IEssential health and safety requirements relating to the the design and construction of machinery
      1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
        1. 1. The manufacturer of machinery or his authorised representative must ensure.
        2. 2. The obligations laid down by the essential health and safety.
        3. 3. The essential health and safety requirements laid down in this.
        4. 4. This Annex is organised in several parts. The first one.
        5. 1. ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
          1. 1.1. GENERAL REMARKS
            1. 1.1.1. Definitions
            2. 1.1.2. Principles of safety integration
            3. 1.1.3. Materials and products
            4. 1.1.4. Lighting
            5. 1.1.5. Design of machinery to facilitate its handling
            6. 1.1.6. Ergonomics
            7. 1.1.7. Operating positions
            8. 1.1.8. Seating
            1. 1.2.1. Safety and reliability of control systems
            2. 1.2.2. Control devices
            3. 1.2.3. Starting
            4. 1.2.4. Stopping
              1. 1.2.4.1. Normal stop
              2. 1.2.4.2. Operational stop
              3. 1.2.4.3. Emergency stop
              4. 1.2.4.4. Assembly of machinery
              1. 1.3.1. Risk of loss of stability
              2. 1.3.2. Risk of break-up during operation
              3. 1.3.3. Risks due to falling or ejected objects
              4. 1.3.4. Risks due to surfaces, edges or angles
              5. 1.3.5. Risks related to combined machinery
              6. 1.3.6. Risks related to variations in operating conditions
              7. 1.3.7. Risks related to moving parts
              8. 1.3.8. Choice of protection against risks arising from moving parts
                1. 1.3.8.1. Moving transmission parts
                2. 1.3.8.2. Moving parts involved in the process
                1. 1.4.1. General requirements
                2. 1.4.2. Special requirements for guards
                  1. 1.4.2.1. Fixed guards
                  2. 1.4.2.2. Interlocking movable guards
                  3. 1.4.2.3. Adjustable guards restricting access
                  1. 1.5.1. Electricity supply
                  2. 1.5.2. Static electricity
                  3. 1.5.3. Energy supply other than electricity
                  4. 1.5.4. Errors of fitting
                  5. 1.5.5. Extreme temperatures
                  6. 1.5.6. Fire
                  7. 1.5.7. Explosion
                  8. 1.5.8. Noise
                  9. 1.5.9. Vibrations
                  10. 1.5.10. Radiation
                  11. 1.5.11. External radiation
                  12. 1.5.12. Laser radiation
                  13. 1.5.13. Emissions of hazardous materials and substances
                  14. 1.5.14. Risk of being trapped in a machine
                  15. 1.5.15. Risk of slipping, tripping or falling
                  16. 1.5.16. Lightning
                  1. 1.6.1. Machinery maintenance
                  2. 1.6.2. Access to operating positions and servicing points
                  3. 1.6.3. Isolation of energy sources
                  4. 1.6.4. Operator intervention
                  5. 1.6.5. Cleaning of internal parts
                  1. 1.7.1. Information and warnings on the machinery
                    1. 1.7.1.1. Information and information devices
                    2. 1.7.1.2. Warning devices
                    1. 1.7.4.1. General principles for the drafting of instructions
                    2. 1.7.4.2. Contents of the instructions
                    3. 1.7.4.3. Sales literature
                    1. 2.1. FOODSTUFFS MACHINERY AND MACHINERY FOR COSMETICS OR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
                      1. 2.1.1. General
                      2. 2.1.2. Instructions
                      1. 2.2.1. General
                        1. 2.2.1.1. Instructions
                        1. 2.2.2.1. General
                        2. 2.2.2.2. Instructions
                        1. 2.4.1. Definition
                        2. 2.4.2. General
                        3. 2.4.3. Controls and monitoring
                        4. 2.4.4. Filling and emptying
                        5. 2.4.5. Application of pesticides
                          1. 2.4.5.1. Application rate
                          2. 2.4.5.2. Distribution, deposition and drift of pesticide
                          3. 2.4.5.3. Tests
                          4. 2.4.5.4. Losses during stoppage
                          1. 2.4.6.1. Cleaning
                          2. 2.4.6.2. Servicing
                          1. 3.1. GENERAL
                            1. 3.1.1. Definitions
                            1. 3.2.1. Driving position
                            2. 3.2.2. Seating
                            3. 3.2.3. Positions for other persons
                            1. 3.3.1. Control devices
                            2. 3.3.2. Starting/moving
                            3. 3.3.3. Travelling function
                            4. 3.3.4. Movement of pedestrian-controlled machinery
                            5. 3.3.5. Control circuit failure
                            1. 3.4.1. Uncontrolled movements
                            2. 3.4.2. Moving transmission parts
                            3. 3.4.3. Roll-over and tip-over
                            4. 3.4.4. Falling objects
                            5. 3.4.5. Means of access
                            6. 3.4.6. Towing devices
                            7. 3.4.7. Transmission of power between self-propelled machinery (or tractor) and recipient.
                            1. 3.5.1. Batteries
                            2. 3.5.2. Fire
                            3. 3.5.3. Emissions of hazardous substances
                            1. 3.6.1. Signs, signals and warnings
                            2. 3.6.2. Marking
                            3. 3.6.3. Instructions
                              1. 3.6.3.1. Vibrations
                              2. 3.6.3.2. Multiple uses
                              1. 4.1. GENERAL
                                1. 4.1.1. Definitions
                                2. 4.1.2. Protection against mechanical hazards
                                  1. 4.1.2.1. Risks due to lack of stability
                                  2. 4.1.2.2. Machinery running on guide rails and rail tracks
                                  3. 4.1.2.3. Mechanical strength
                                  4. 4.1.2.4. Pulleys, drums, wheels, ropes and chains
                                  5. 4.1.2.5. Lifting accessories and their components
                                  6. 4.1.2.6. Control of movements
                                  7. 4.1.2.7. Movements of loads during handling
                                  8. 4.1.2.8. Machinery serving fixed landings
                                    1. 4.1.2.8.1. Movements of the carrier
                                    2. 4.1.2.8.2. Access to the carrier
                                    3. 4.1.2.8.3. Risks due to contact with the moving carrier
                                    4. 4.1.2.8.4. Risk due to the load falling off the carrier
                                    5. 4.1.2.8.5. Landings
                                    1. 4.2.1. Control of movements
                                    2. 4.2.2. Loading control
                                    3. 4.2.3. Installations guided by ropes
                                    1. 4.3.1. Chains, ropes and webbing
                                    2. 4.3.2. Lifting accessories
                                    3. 4.3.3. Lifting machinery
                                    1. 4.4.1. Lifting accessories
                                    2. 4.4.2. Lifting machinery
                                    1. 5.1. RISKS DUE TO LACK OF STABILITY
                                    2. 5.2. MOVEMENT
                                    3. 5.3. CONTROL DEVICES
                                    4. 5.4. STOPPING
                                    5. 5.5. FIRE
                                    6. 5.6. EXHAUST EMISSIONS
                                    1. 6.1. GENERAL
                                      1. 6.1.1. Mechanical strength
                                      2. 6.1.2. Loading control for machinery moved by power other than human.
                                      1. 6.3.1. Risks due to movements of the carrier
                                      2. 6.3.2. Risk of persons falling from the carrier
                                      3. 6.3.3. Risk due to objects falling on the carrier
                                      1. 6.4.1. Risks to persons in or on the carrier
                                      2. 6.4.2. Controls at landings
                                      3. 6.4.3. Access to the carrier
                                      1. 1. CONTENT
                                        1. A. EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY OF THE MACHINERY
                                        2. B. DECLARATION OF INCORPORATION OF PARTLY COMPLETED MACHINERY
                                        1. The CE conformity marking shall consist of the initials ‘CE’.
                                        2. If the CE marking is reduced or enlarged the proportions.
                                        3. The various components of the CE marking must have substantially.
                                        4. The CE marking must be affixed in the immediate vicinity.
                                        5. Where the full quality assurance procedure referred to in Article.
                                        1. 1. Circular saws (single- or multi-blade) for working with wood and.
                                        2. 2. Hand-fed surface planing machinery for woodworking.
                                        3. 3. Thicknessers for one-side dressing having a built-in mechanical feed device.
                                        4. 4. Band-saws with manual loading and/or unloading for working with wood.
                                        5. 5. Combined machinery of the types referred to in points 1.
                                        6. 6. Hand-fed tenoning machinery with several tool holders for woodworking.
                                        7. 7. Hand-fed vertical spindle moulding machinery for working with wood and.
                                        8. 8. Portable chainsaws for woodworking.
                                        9. 9. Presses, including press-brakes, for the cold working of metals, with.
                                        10. 10. Injection or compression plastics-moulding machinery with manual loading or unloading.
                                        11. 11. Injection or compression rubber-moulding machinery with manual loading or unloading.
                                        12. 12. Machinery for underground working of the following types:
                                        13. 13. Manually loaded trucks for the collection of household refuse incorporating.
                                        14. 14. Removable mechanical transmission devices including their guards.
                                        15. 15. Guards for removable mechanical transmission devices.
                                        16. 16. Vehicle servicing lifts.
                                        17. 17. Devices for the lifting of persons or of persons and.
                                        18. 18. Portable cartridge-operated fixing and other impact machinery.
                                        19. 19. Protective devices designed to detect the presence of persons.
                                        20. 20. Power-operated interlocking movable guards designed to be used as safeguards.
                                        21. 21. Logic units to ensure safety functions.
                                        22. 22. Roll-over protective structures (ROPS).
                                        23. 23. Falling-object protective structures (FOPS).
                                        1. 1. Guards for removable mechanical transmission devices.
                                        2. 2. Protective devices designed to detect the presence of persons.
                                        3. 3. Power-operated interlocking movable guards designed to be used as safeguards.
                                        4. 4. Logic units to ensure safety functions.
                                        5. 5. Valves with additional means for failure detection intended for the.
                                        6. 6. Extraction systems for machinery emissions.
                                        7. 7. Guards and protective devices designed to protect persons against moving.
                                        8. 8. Monitoring devices for loading and movement control in lifting machinery.
                                        9. 9. Restraint systems to keep persons on their seats.
                                        10. 10. Emergency stop devices.
                                        11. 11. Discharging systems to prevent the build-up of potentially dangerous electrostatic.
                                        12. 12. Energy limiters and relief devices referred to in sections 1.5.7.
                                        13. 13. Systems and devices to reduce the emission of noise and.
                                        14. 14. Roll-over protective structures (ROPS).
                                        15. 15. Falling-object protective structures (FOPS).
                                        16. 16. Two-hand control devices.
                                        17. 17. Components for machinery designed for lifting and/or lowering persons between.
                                        1. The assembly instructions for partly completed machinery must contain a.
                                        2. The assembly instructions must be written in an official Community.
                                        1. A. Technical file for machinery
                                          1. 1. The technical file shall comprise the following:
                                          2. 2. The technical file referred to in point 1 must be.
                                          3. 3. Failure to present the technical file in response to a.
                                          1. 1. This Annex describes the procedure by which the manufacturer or.
                                          2. 2. For each representative type of the series in question, the.
                                          3. 3. The manufacturer must take all measures necessary in order that.
                                          1. EC type-examination is the procedure whereby a notified body ascertains.
                                          2. 1. The manufacturer or his authorised representative must, for each type.
                                          3. 2. For each type, the application for an EC type-examination shall.
                                          4. 3. The notified body shall:
                                          5. 4. If the type satisfies the provisions of this Directive, the.
                                          6. 5. If the type does not satisfy the provisions of this.
                                          7. 6. The applicant shall inform the notified body which retains the.
                                          8. 7. The Commission, the Member States and the other notified bodies.
                                          9. 8. Files and correspondence referring to the EC type-examination procedures shall.
                                          10. 9. Validity of the EC type-examination certificate
                                          11. 9.1. The notified body has the ongoing responsibility of ensuring that.
                                          12. 9.2. The manufacturer of the machinery concerned has the ongoing responsibility.
                                          13. 9.3. The manufacturer shall request from the notified body the review.
                                          14. 9.4. In the event that the validity of the EC-type examination.
                                          1. This Annex describes the conformity assessment of machinery referred to.
                                          2. 1. The manufacturer must operate an approved quality system for design.
                                          3. 2. Quality system
                                          4. 2.1. The manufacturer or his authorised representative shall lodge an application.
                                          5. 2.2. The quality system must ensure conformity of the machinery with.
                                          6. 2.3. The notified body shall assess the quality system to determine.
                                          7. 2.4. The manufacturer shall undertake to fulfil the obligations arising from.
                                          8. 3. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body
                                          9. 3.1. The purpose of surveillance is to make sure that the.
                                          10. 3.2. The manufacturer shall, for inspection purposes, allow the notified body.
                                          11. 3.3. The notified body shall conduct periodic audits to make sure.
                                          12. 3.4. Moreover, the notified body may pay the manufacturer unannounced visits.
                                          13. 4. The manufacturer or his authorised representative shall keep available for.
                                          1. 1. The body, its director and the staff responsible for carrying.
                                          2. 2. The body and its staff shall carry out the verification.
                                          3. 3. For each category of machinery for which it is notified.
                                          4. 4. The staff responsible for inspection shall have:
                                          5. 5. The impartiality of inspection staff shall be guaranteed. Their remuneration.
                                          6. 6. The body shall take out liability insurance unless its liability.
                                          7. 7. The staff of the body shall be bound to observe.
                                          8. 8. Notified bodies shall participate in coordination activities. They shall also.
                                          9. 9. Member States may take all necessary measures they regard as.
                                          1. Directive 98/37/EC This Directive Article 1(1) Article 1(1) Article 1(2)(a).

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