Guide to application of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC

What is the 2006 42 EC on machinery?

This Directive aims at the free market circulation on machinery and at the protection of workers and consumers using such machinery.
It defines essential health and safety requirements of general application, supplemented by a number of more specific requirements for certain categories of machinery.

What is the UK equivalent of the Machinery Directive 2006 42 EC?

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 implemented Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery.
The EU Withdrawal Act 2018 preserved the Regulations and enabled them to be amended so as to continue to function effectively now the UK has left the EU.
Accordingly, the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.)

What is the purpose of the Machinery Directive?

Its main intent is to ensure a common safety level in machinery placed on the market or put in service in all member states and to ensure freedom of movement within the European Union by stating that "member states shall not prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market and/or putting into service in their

How to comply with the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)?