CE marking of machineries
IF YOU WANT TO PLACE YOUR MACHINERY ON THE EUROPEAN MARKET, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE CE MARKING OF MACHINERIES IS REQUIRED.
Directive 2006/42/EC called “MACHINERY DIRECTIVE” regulates these products:
machineries, interchangeable equipments, safety components, lifting accessories, chains, ropes and webbings, removable mechanical transmission devices, party completed machineries.
IN-DEPTH
WHO HAS TO MAKE THE
CE MARKING OF MACHINERIES?
The CE marking is mandatory for those who put into free circulation within the European Community a product that falls within the definition of a machinery.
If you are the manufacturer, you need a legal representative in Europe to make the CE marking.
THE ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE
SATISFIED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT MACHINERY IS SAFE
DIRECTIVE 2006/42/EC REGULATES MACHINERIES
A MACHINERY WITHOUT CE MARKING IS ILLEGAL IN EUROPE
ONLY A RESIDENT IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CAN CARRY OUT THE CE MARKING
What does ‘machinery’ mean?
The Directive defines a machinery as “an assembly, fitted with or intended to be fitted with a drive system other than directly applied human or animal effort, consisting of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, and which are joined together for a specific application”.
What does a ‘machinery’ need to be placed into the European Community market?
Some types of machineries with a very high hazard level for the user, are collected in Annex IV of the Machinery Directive and can be CE marked by the authorised representative established in the Community independently, only if there is a harmonized product standard and if it is fully respected. In other cases, the authorised representative must contact a notified body to compensate for the lack of precise information.
Each machinery must be completely defined from the health and safety point of view, and the authorised representative must prepare the technical file to demonstrate that the machinery complies with the requirements of this Directive.
The technical file shall comprise the following:
- risk analysis
- installation, use and maintenance manual
- Declaration of Conformity
- CE label
- projects, drawings, calculation reports, diagrams, photos and everything that can illustrate the machinery and its components
- specification of materials
- list of suppliers
- production control procedures
- technical reports of testing procedure
- etc.
Failure to present the technical file in response to a duly reasoned request by the competent national authorities may constitute sufficient grounds for doubting the conformity of the machinery with the essential health and safety requirements.
THE CE MARK
BASE INFOS
Do you know the basic information on CE marking?
What’s the CE marking?
The CE marking is a mandatory procedure for all products covered by a Community directive, it must be carried out by the manufacturer or the authorised representative established in the European Union, which declares by means of the Declaration of Conformity (or Performance for construction products only), which the product complies with the safety and health requirements, provided for in the relevant Community directives or regulations in addition to avoid problems with the authorities and the police in case of control.
Who should make the CE marking?
The CE marking is a process that must be carried out by the product manufacturer or his authorised representative established in the European Community who, with the Declaration of Conformity, declares that the product complies with the safety and health requirements of the law. You can ask for advice on CE marking, but you can’t let others do it, unless you name a representative, that is, a legal agent. In any case, anyone who sells the product under his own name is totally responsible for it.
If you live in a non-EU country, can you mark CE your product?
No, the directives clearly clarify that ONLY a resident in the European Community can carry out this activity.
Therefore, if a non-European subject supplies a CE marked product, that mark is always illegal, even if the product complies with European laws. It is necessary to distinguish between the product, which enters the EU market, and the producer, if it is outside the EU, the law demands a substitute (importer or agent).
Beware of scams! What is the CE certificate?
The certificate or certification is NOT the CE mark, on this aspect there is a lot of confusion and many scams, for customers and for the authorities. At most, a certificate is a component of the CE mark but does not replace it. Never!
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