Date of Issue Directive 2006/42/EC was published on 9 June 2006. It entered into force 20 days after 29 June 2006. The provisions of national laws and regulations adopted and published by Member States until 29 June 2008 incorporate these new directives into their national legislation. The provisions of the new Directive came into force on 29 December 2009. Until this date, the Machinery Directive 98/37/EC, currently in force, continues to apply.

 

Machinery CE Marking Directive, as amended three times:

 

91/368/EEC 98/37/EC2006/42/EC

 

The new EU Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC will come into force on December 29, 2009 (except: only portable cartridges or cartridges with extrusion functions can be implemented until June 29, 2011), replacing the current machinery Directive 98/37/EC, and there is no buffer transition period. According to the official document, only after 29 December can a declaration under Directive 2006/42/EC be established.

 

There are many differences in the new version of the directive, which will have a greater impact on machinery manufacturers and dealers sold to the EU. Major changes in the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC: The main differences between the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and the old Machinery Directive 98/37/EC lie in the scope of application of the Directive, basic health and safety requirements, definitions and compliance assessment procedures and market surveillance.

 

1. The scope of application of the new directive has increased semi-finished products, lifting accessories, etc.;

 

Mechanical equipment;

 

Interchangeable equipment;

 

Safety components;

 

Elevator accessories;

 

Chain, rope, wire mesh;

 

Detachable mechanical transmission;

 

Mechanical semi-finished mechanical devices.

 

2, the new directive Appendix I basic health and safety with the old directive there are some technical differences, such as noise pressure value 80dB need to mark the sound power value;

 

3, the new directive adds more clear definitions of terms such as semi-finished products, manufacturers;

 

4, evaluation procedures, new instructions will no longer be used “ storage option” Pattern, receiving only one of the following patterns:

 

Self-declaration;

 

EC type validation;

 

Total Quality Assurance model.

 

(5) Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC updated the product list of dangerous machinery in Annex IV, increasing the number of dangerous machinery to 23 on the basis of 17 in Directive 98/37/EC; At the same time, for the safety mechanical parts of 98/37/EC Annex IV part B, in 2006/42/EC separately listed in the form of Annex V (Annex V), from the original 5 safety parts to 17 categories of products, by updating the catalog and restricting access to the EU market control.

 

6. The new directive requires that semi-finished products put into the market should meet the following requirements and be provided together with semi-finished products until the finished products are completed:

 

Preparation of technical documents in Appendix VII B;

 

Assembly instructions described in Appendix VI;

 

Declare.

 

7. Strengthened market supervision:

 

Due to the current illegal CE certificate or too many declarations, many mechanical products with the CE mark do not meet the requirements of the relevant EU directive, the new version of the machinery Directive to strengthen market supervision. Whether it is a manufacturer in the EU countries, or a machinery manufacturer manufactured by a foreign country and sold to the EU, in order to facilitate the effective supervision of the EU CE supervision body, the new version of the machinery Directive stipulates: The manufacturer's declaration document must include the name and contact address of the person authorized by the manufacturer to prepare the complete set of TCF technical documents, and this person must be identified as being in the European Union. (original: The EC declaration ofconformity must contain the following particulars: name and address of theperson authorised to compile the technical file, who must be established inthe Community.) That is to say, once the EU CE supervisory authority finds that there are false signs of the CE certificate or declaration, the mechanical product does not meet the requirements of the relevant EU directive or the mechanical product has a safety incident, they can immediately contact the person in charge within the EU, this person represents the manufacturer and the EU authorities to deal with CE related matters.