Designated standards are Great Britain’s equivalent of harmonised standards, carrying a presumption of conformity with UK product legislation.
The list is published on gov.uk and largely mirrors the EU’s, which keeps the CE and UKCA routes aligned in practice. They matter for anyone using the UKCA route, though GB now accepts either mark for machinery.
The principles of prevention are the recognised order of priority for controlling risk, favouring collective controls over protecting individuals.
A machinery safety audit checks your machines against PUWER and current standards and ends in a prioritised, risk-rated action plan.
An authorised representative is an EU-based person or company acting on behalf of a non-EU manufacturer to ensure a product meets EU requirements.
For nearly two decades, the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) has been the backbone of machinery safety compliance across Europe.
Introduction Machinery is now software-defined, connected, and increasingly autonomous. The Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 treats software failures as
A question we hear regularly from clients is which assessment do they actually need for their machinery —
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