The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 are the UK’s implementation of the Machinery Directive and apply to anyone placing machinery on the market or building machinery for their own use.
They require a risk assessment, technical file, Declaration of Conformity and conformity marking, with fines or imprisonment for breaches. They are being amended to reflect the 2027 changes and to operate as GB-only law, with Northern Ireland following the EU Regulation.
A Producer Compliance Scheme is an organisation that UK producers of electrical and electronic equipment must join to manage their WEEE recycling and reporting obligations.
Guard locking keeps an interlocked guard locked shut until the machine inside has come to a complete stop and the guard has been released by a control device.
A duty holder is the person or organisation legally responsible for ensuring compliance with a given piece of health and safety legislation.
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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