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New Regulation on machinery products and the digital transition—obligations for manufacturers, distributors, and importers

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Published on: 18 October 2022

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Table of contents

Current market framework, Machinery Directive and digitalization
New regulation on machinery products: entry into force, applicability, and transitional period
Major novelties in the Machinery Regulation compared to the Directive
Substantial changes
Two new economic operators: importer and distributor
Security components: software is included
EU Declaration of Conformity
Towards digital documentation to the overall objective of simplification
High-risk machinery products: will it be necessary to go through the notified body?
Next steps

Article summary

EU Law analysis: On 21 April 2021, along with the proposal for a Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and as part of the broader ‘Artificial Intelligence Package’, the European Commission issued the proposal for a Regulation on machinery products that will replace the Machinery Directive (Directive 2006/42/EC) currently in force.

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