Regulation (EU) 2023/1230

The Machinery Regulation was published in the EU Official Journal on 29.06.2023. It provides for a cut-off date, i.e. until 19.1.2027, only the Machinery Directive is to be applied by manufacturers.

From 20.1.2027, only the Machinery Regulation will apply. There is no transitional phase during which either of the two legal texts can be applied.

Declarations of conformity can refer to both the Directive and the Regulation at the same time if the product technically complies with the requirements.

Diagram 1 shows the conformity assessment procedure according to the Machinery Regulation for Annex 1, Part A. Correspondingly, Diagram 2 shows the same for Annex 1, Part B.

Text of the regulation:

Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)

Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC (Official Journal of the European Union L 165 of 29 June 2023)