Machinery Directive Update

Jan. 1, 2000

A revised list of Machinery Directive Harmonised Standards was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) on November 28th. These Harmonised standards provide a presumption of conformity to the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC...

 

 

A revised list of Machinery Directive Harmonised Standards was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) on 28 November 2013. These Harmonised standards provide a presumption of conformity to the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.

The latest complete list can be downloaded from the European Commission website, but here's a worthwhile summary and roadmap of the most-recent changes dutifully prepared by the lads at U.K.-based MachineBuilding.net.

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