NEW Machinery Directive: the changes and implications
August 1st 2008 It's all changing again with
the new Machinery Directive
2006/42/EC. The new
Directive introduced into UK
legislation at the end of
June 2008 and comes into
force on the 29th December
2009.
There are a number of
major changes to the
existing directive with the
changes to the essential
health and safety
requirements too numerous
to mention in full.
Examples:
1) the person responsible
for CE Marking now has to
be Legal and natural in the
Community (who signs your
declaration of Conformity?)
2) In addition the Essential
Health and Safety
Requirements have changed
and been updated to
accommodate the
progression of technology
3) There are changes to the
scope with new types of
equipment now covered
4) If you are a series
manufacturer or you are
involved with a project that
takes you in to 2010 then
you really have to apply the
changes to the directive
now. The existing Directive
will be repealed of the 29th
December 2010, therefore
neither you nor your clients
can declare compliance to a
directive that does not
exist.
Laidler Associates is
now running a series of
seminars on the new
Directive, the first of which
take place in November of
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