Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006... (32006L0042)
Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
- DIRECTIVE 2006/42/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
- of 17 May 2006
- on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- Article 1
- Scope
- Article 2
- Definitions
- Article 3
- Specific Directives
- Article 4
- Market surveillance
- Article 5
- Placing on the market and putting into service
- Article 6
- Freedom of movement
- Article 7
- Presumption of conformity and harmonised standards
- Article 8
- Specific measures
- Article 9
- Specific measures to deal with potentially hazardous machinery
- Article 10
- Procedure for disputing a harmonised standard
- Article 11
- Safeguard clause
- Article 12
- Procedures for assessing the conformity of machinery
- Article 13
- Procedure for partly completed machinery
- Article 14
- Notified bodies
- Article 15
- Installation and use of machinery
- Article 16
- CE marking
- Article 17
- Non-conformity of marking
- Article 18
- Confidentiality
- Article 19
- Cooperation between Member States
- Article 20
- Legal remedies
- Article 21
- Dissemination of information
- Article 22
- Committee
- Article 23
- Penalties
- Article 24
- Amendment of Directive 95/16/EC
- 1.2. ‘Carrier
- Article 25
- Repeal
- Article 26
- Transposition
- Article 27
- Derogation
- Article 28
- Entry into force
- Article 29
- Addressees
- ANNEX I
- Essential health and safety requirements relating to the the design and construction of machinery
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- 1. ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
- 1.1. GENERAL REMARKS
- 1.1.1. Definitions
- 1.1.2. Principles of safety integration
- 1.1.3. Materials and products
- 1.1.4. Lighting
- 1.1.5. Design of machinery to facilitate its handling
- 1.1.6. Ergonomics
- 1.1.7. Operating positions
- 1.1.8. Seating
- 1.2. CONTROL SYSTEMS
- 1.2.1. Safety and reliability of control systems
- 1.2.2. Control devices
- 1.2.3. Starting
- 1.2.4. Stopping
- 1.2.4.1. Normal stop
- 1.2.4.2. Operational stop
- 1.2.4.3. Emergency stop
- 1.2.4.4. Assembly of machinery
- 1.2.5. Selection of control or operating modes
- 1.2.6. Failure of the power supply
- 1.3. PROTECTION AGAINST MECHANICAL HAZARDS
- 1.3.1. Risk of loss of stability
- 1.3.2. Risk of break-up during operation
- 1.3.3. Risks due to falling or ejected objects
- 1.3.4. Risks due to surfaces, edges or angles
- 1.3.5. Risks related to combined machinery
- 1.3.6. Risks related to variations in operating conditions
- 1.3.7. Risks related to moving parts
- 1.3.8. Choice of protection against risks arising from moving parts
- 1.3.8.1. Moving transmission parts
- 1.3.8.2. Moving parts involved in the process
- 1.3.9. Risks of uncontrolled movements
- 1.4. REQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS OF GUARDS AND PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- 1.4.1. General requirements
- 1.4.2. Special requirements for guards
- 1.4.2.1. Fixed guards
- 1.4.2.2. Interlocking movable guards
- 1.4.2.3. Adjustable guards restricting access
- 1.4.3. Special requirements for protective devices
- 1.5. RISKS DUE TO OTHER HAZARDS
- 1.5.1. Electricity supply
- 1.5.2. Static electricity
- 1.5.3. Energy supply other than electricity
- 1.5.4. Errors of fitting
- 1.5.5. Extreme temperatures
- 1.5.6. Fire
- 1.5.7. Explosion
- 1.5.8. Noise
- 1.5.9. Vibrations
- 1.5.10. Radiation
- 1.5.11. External radiation
- 1.5.12. Laser radiation
- 1.5.13. Emissions of hazardous materials and substances
- 1.5.14. Risk of being trapped in a machine
- 1.5.15. Risk of slipping, tripping or falling
- 1.5.16. Lightning
- 1.6. MAINTENANCE
- 1.6.1. Machinery maintenance
- 1.6.2. Access to operating positions and servicing points
- 1.6.3. Isolation of energy sources
- 1.6.4. Operator intervention
- 1.6.5. Cleaning of internal parts
- 1.7. INFORMATION
- 1.7.1. Information and warnings on the machinery
- 1.7.1.1. Information and information devices
- 1.7.1.2. Warning devices
- 1.7.2. Warning of residual risks
- 1.7.3. Marking of machinery
- 1.7.4. Instructions
- 1.7.4.1. General principles for the drafting of instructions
- 1.7.4.2. Contents of the instructions
- 1.7.4.3. Sales literature
- 2. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF MACHINERY
- 2.1. FOODSTUFFS MACHINERY AND MACHINERY FOR COSMETICS OR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
- 2.1.1. General
- 2.1.2. Instructions
- 2.2. PORTABLE HAND-HELD AND/OR HAND-GUIDED MACHINERY
- 2.2.1. General
- 2.2.1.1. Instructions
- 2.2.2. Portable fixing and other impact machinery
- 2.2.2.1. General
- 2.2.2.2. Instructions
- 2.3. MACHINERY FOR WORKING WOOD AND MATERIAL WITH SIMILAR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- 3. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS TO OFFSET HAZARDS DUE TO THE MOBILITY OF MACHINERY
- 3.1. GENERAL
- 3.1.1. Definitions
- 3.2. WORK POSITIONS
- 3.2.1. Driving position
- 3.2.2. Seating
- 3.2.3. Positions for other persons
- 3.3. CONTROL SYSTEMS
- 3.3.1. Control devices
- 3.3.2. Starting/moving
- 3.3.3. Travelling function
- 3.3.4. Movement of pedestrian-controlled machinery
- 3.3.5. Control circuit failure
- 3.4. PROTECTION AGAINST MECHANICAL HAZARDS
- 3.4.1. Uncontrolled movements
- 3.4.2. Moving transmission parts
- 3.4.3. Roll-over and tip-over
- 3.4.4. Falling objects
- 3.4.5. Means of access
- 3.4.6. Towing devices
- 3.4.7. Transmission of power between self-propelled machinery (or tractor) and recipient machinery
- 3.5. PROTECTION AGAINST OTHER HAZARDS
- 3.5.1. Batteries
- 3.5.2. Fire
- 3.5.3. Emissions of hazardous substances
- 3.6. INFORMATION AND INDICATIONS
- 3.6.1. Signs, signals and warnings
- 3.6.2. Marking
- 3.6.3. Instructions
- 3.6.3.1. Vibrations
- 3.6.3.2. Multiple uses
- 4. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS TO OFFSET HAZARDS DUE TO LIFTING OPERATIONS
- 4.1. GENERAL
- 4.1.1. Definitions
- 4.1.2. Protection against mechanical hazards
- 4.1.2.1. Risks due to lack of stability
- 4.1.2.2. Machinery running on guide rails and rail tracks
- 4.1.2.3. Mechanical strength
- 4.1.2.4. Pulleys, drums, wheels, ropes and chains
- 4.1.2.5. Lifting accessories and their components
- 4.1.2.6. Control of movements
- 4.1.2.7. Movements of loads during handling
- 4.1.2.8. Machinery serving fixed landings
- 4.1.2.8.1. Movements of the carrier
- 4.1.2.8.2. Access to the carrier
- 4.1.2.8.3. Risks due to contact with the moving carrier
- 4.1.2.8.4. Risk due to the load falling off the carrier
- 4.1.2.8.5. Landings
- 4.1.3. Fitness for purpose
- 4.2. REQUIREMENTS FOR MACHINERY WHOSE POWER SOURCE IS OTHER THAN MANUAL EFFORT
- 4.2.1. Control of movements
- 4.2.2. Loading control
- 4.2.3. Installations guided by ropes
- 4.3. INFORMATION AND MARKINGS
- 4.3.1. Chains, ropes and webbing
- 4.3.2. Lifting accessories
- 4.3.3. Lifting machinery
- 4.4. INSTRUCTIONS
- 4.4.1. Lifting accessories
- 4.4.2. Lifting machinery
- 5. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR MACHINERY INTENDED FOR UNDERGROUND WORK
- 5.1. RISKS DUE TO LACK OF STABILITY
- 5.2. MOVEMENT
- 5.3. CONTROL DEVICES
- 5.4. STOPPING
- 5.5. FIRE
- 5.6. EXHAUST EMISSIONS
- 6. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR MACHINERY PRESENTING PARTICULAR HAZARDS DUE TO THE LIFTING OF PERSONS
- 6.1. GENERAL
- 6.1.1. Mechanical strength
- 6.1.2. Loading control for machinery moved by power other than human strength
- 6.2. CONTROL DEVICES
- 6.3. RISKS TO PERSONS IN OR ON THE CARRIER
- 6.3.1. Risks due to movements of the carrier
- 6.3.2. Risk of persons falling from the carrier
- 6.3.3. Risk due to objects falling on the carrier
- 6.4. MACHINERY SERVING FIXED LANDINGS
- 6.4.1. Risks to persons in or on the carrier
- 6.4.2. Controls at landings
- 6.4.3. Access to the carrier
- 6.5. MARKINGS
- ANNEX II
- Declarations
- 1. CONTENT
- A. EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY OF THE MACHINERY
- B. DECLARATION OF INCORPORATION OF PARTLY COMPLETED MACHINERY
- 2. CUSTODY
- ANNEX III
- CE marking
- ANNEX IV
- Categories of machinery to which one of the procedures referred to in Article 12(3) and (4) must be applied
- ANNEX V
- Indicative list of the safety components referred to in Article 2(c)
- ANNEX VI
- Assembly instructions for partly completed machinery
- ANNEX VII
- A. Technical file for machinery
- B. Relevant technical documentation for partly completed machinery
- ANNEX VIII
- Assessment of conformity with internal checks on the manufacture of machinery
- ANNEX IX
- EC type-examination
- ANNEX X
- Full quality assurance
- ANNEX XI
- Minimum criteria to be taken into account by Member States for the notification of bodies
- ANNEX XII
- Correlation table(1)
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