98/37/EC - Machinery
Directive 98/37/EC establishes essential health and safety requirements for machinery and related safety components within the European Union to harmonize member states' laws and facilitate free movement of machinery in the internal market. It defines machinery broadly, including interchangeable equipment, and excludes certain categories like manual machinery, medical machines, and transport vehicles. The Directive mandates that machinery and safety components placed on the market must not endanger health or safety when properly used, installed, and maintained. Conformity to essential requirements is presumed if the machinery complies with harmonized European standards, supporting manufacturers in demonstrating compliance through CE marking and EC declarations of conformity. The Directive also provides a framework for standardization, conformity assessment procedures, and market surveillance, allowing member states to take appropriate measures if dangerous machinery is identified. It promotes clarity by consolidating previous amendments into one Directive and emphasizes manufacturers' responsibility for ensuring conformity, while maintaining member states' rights to enact additional protections. The Directive excludes machinery governed by specific directives or predominantly electrical risks covered under separate legislation.
Purpose
Directive 98/37/EC aims to harmonize the laws of EU Member States regarding machinery to ensure the free movement of machinery within the internal market while maintaining high levels of health and safety. It consolidates and replaces previous legislation on machinery to clarify and rationalize essential requirements. The Directive seeks to reduce accidents resulting from machinery use by enforcing inherently safe design, construction, installation, and maintenance practices. It also establishes common safety rules and conformity assessment procedures, allowing machinery to be marketed and put into service across the EU without barriers due to differing national laws.
Key obligations
- Essential Health and Safety Requirements: Machinery and certain safety components must meet the essential health and safety requirements detailed in Annex I of the Directive. These requirements cover design, manufacture, and maintenance to minimize risks.
- Conformity Assessment and CE Marking: Manufacturers or their authorized representatives must ensure conformity of machinery to the Directive’s essential requirements by producing a technical construction file and providing an EC declaration of conformity. Machinery must bear the CE marking before being placed on the market or put into service.
- Free Movement: Member States shall not prohibit, restrict, or impede the placing on the market or putting into service of machinery and safety components compliant with the Directive.
- Use of Harmonised Standards: Compliance with harmonised European standards published in the Official Journal provides a presumption of conformity to the Directive’s essential requirements. Member States must disseminate relevant national and harmonised standards and allow social partners to influence standardization.
- Safety Components and Interchangeable Equipment: Safety components marketed separately and interchangeable equipment modifying machinery functions must conform to the Directive and carry appropriate declarations of conformity and CE marking.
- Market Surveillance and Safeguards: Member States must monitor machinery in the market and take appropriate measures, including withdrawal or restrictions, if machinery bearing CE marking is found to endanger safety when used as intended.
- Information and Demonstrations: Machinery not complying with the Directive can be displayed at trade fairs or demonstrations only if clearly labeled as non-compliant and is not for sale in that state, with safety ensured during demonstrations.
Affected products and actors
- Machinery: Defined broadly as assemblies of linked parts, with at least one moving part, intended for applications like processing, moving, or packaging materials. Includes complex integrated machinery and assemblies operating as a whole.
- Safety Components: Components placed on the market separately that perform a safety function and whose failure could pose risks to health or safety.
- Excluded Products: Machinery powered solely by manual effort (except load-lifting machines), medical machinery used in direct patient contact, amusement park equipment, steam boilers, nuclear machinery, firearms, certain transport modes (e.g., road vehicles, vessels, aircraft), agricultural tractors, military machinery, elevators, cableways, and some specific lifting or transport equipment.
- Manufacturers/Authorized Representatives: Responsible for conformity assessment, technical documentation, marking, and declaring conformity within the EU.
- Member State Authorities: Responsible for market surveillance, enforcement, and ensuring machinery placed on the market complies with the Directive.
- Standardization Bodies: European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec) develop harmonised standards to aid compliance.
Implementation timeline
- Directive 98/37/EC was adopted on 22 June 1998.
- Member States were required to transpose the Directive into national law by 1 January 1999.
- The Directive entered into force on 19 July 1998.
- Transitional provisions allowed for certain machinery marketed under previous Directives to continue for a limited time.
- Manufacturers had to comply with the essential health and safety requirements and conformity procedures from the transposition deadlines to place machinery legally on the market.
- Harmonised standards and conformity assessment procedures were progressively developed following the Commission’s mandate to support implementation.
Directive 98/37/EC applies to machinery and lays down essential health and safety requirements for the design and construction of machinery placed on the market or put into service. It covers assemblies of linked parts or components with at least one moving part, including assemblies of machines functioning as an integral whole, and interchangeable equipment modifying a machine's function if assembled by the operator. The directive also applies to safety components marketed separately that fulfill safety functions and whose failure endangers health or safety. Excluded from the scope are machinery powered solely by manual effort (except lifting machines), medical devices used directly on patients, special equipment for amusement parks, steam boilers, nuclear machinery, firearms, transport vehicles (except those used in mineral extraction), seagoing vessels, cableways, agricultural tractors, military or police machines, and various lifting devices like theatre elevators and mine winding gear. If risks related to machinery are covered by other specific EU directives, those directives take precedence. Machinery with primarily electrical risks falls under Directive 73/23/EEC.
Die Richtlinie 98/37/EG harmonisiert die Rechts- und Verwaltungsvorschriften der EU-Mitgliedstaaten für Maschinen mit dem Ziel, den freien Warenverkehr zu gewährleisten und das Niveau von Sicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz bei der Verwendung von Maschinen zu erhöhen. Sie definiert den Begriff „Maschine“ umfassend und legt grundlegende Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsanforderungen fest, um Unfälle und Gefahren bei der Nutzung von Maschinen zu verhindern. Die Richtlinie regelt auch die Vermarktung und Inbetriebnahme von Maschinen und Sicherheitsbauteilen, die mit CE-Kennzeichnung und EG-Konformitätserklärung versehen sind. Ausgenommen sind bestimmte Maschinenarten, wie z.B. land- und forstwirtschaftliche Zugmaschinen, medizinische Geräte und Fahrzeuge. Die Mitgliedstaaten dürfen den Handel mit konformen Maschinen nicht behindern, können aber zusätzliche Schutzmaßnahmen ergreifen, sofern sie die Richtlinienanforderungen nicht verändern. Harmonisierte europäische Normen dienen als technische Spezifikationen zur Vereinfachung der Konformitätsnachweise, bleiben jedoch unverbindlich. Die Richtlinie sieht zudem ein Verfahren zur Überprüfung und Stellungnahme bei Normabweichungen durch die Kommission vor.
Zweck
Die Richtlinie 98/37/EG zielt darauf ab, die Rechts- und Verwaltungsvorschriften der EU-Mitgliedstaaten zur Herstellung und Inverkehrbringung von Maschinen zu harmonisieren. Die Hauptziele sind:
- Gewährleistung eines hohen Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsschutzes für Personen (insbesondere Arbeitnehmer), Haustiere und Sachen beim Betrieb von Maschinen.
- Abbau von Handelshemmnissen im Gemeinschaftsbinnenmarkt durch einheitliche Sicherheitsanforderungen und Konformitätsbewertung.
- Sicherstellung des freien Warenverkehrs von Maschinen mit CE-Kennzeichnung innerhalb der EU.
- Förderung eines angemessenen technischen Fortschritts bei der Entwicklung von Maschinen bei gleichzeitiger Wahrung hoher Sicherheitsstandards.
Dabei werden sowohl Maschinen als gesamte Einheiten als auch Sicherheitsbauteile, die eine bestimmte Sicherheitsfunktion erfüllen, erfasst.
Wesentliche Pflichten
Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsanforderungen: Maschinen und Sicherheitsbauteile müssen den grundlegenden Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsschutzanforderungen entsprechen, die im Anhang I der Richtlinie festgelegt sind.
Konformitätsbewertung und CE-Kennzeichnung: Hersteller oder Bevollmächtigte müssen eine technische Dokumentation erstellen und eine EG-Konformitätserklärung abgeben. Harmonisierte europäische Normen dienen als Maßstab, um die Übereinstimmung mit den grundlegenden Anforderungen nachzuweisen. Maschinen, die der Richtlinie entsprechen, sind mit der CE-Kennzeichnung zu versehen.
Inverkehrbringen und Inbetriebnahme: Maschinen und Sicherheitsbauteile dürfen nur dann in Verkehr gebracht und in Betrieb genommen werden, wenn sie den Anforderungen der Richtlinie entsprechen und keine Gefährdung für Sicherheit und Gesundheit darstellen.
Ausnahmen und Kennzeichnung bei Ausnahmen: Maschinen, die nicht den Anforderungen entsprechen (z.B. auf Messen oder Ausstellungen), dürfen ausgestellt werden, wenn deutlich erkennbar darauf hingewiesen wird, dass sie nicht zum Erwerb bestimmt sind und keine CE-Kennzeichnung tragen.
Einfluss auf nationale Vorschriften: Mitgliedstaaten dürfen das Inverkehrbringen und die Inbetriebnahme konformer Maschinen nicht behindern. Nationale Vorschriften, die den grundlegenden Sicherheitsanforderungen entsprechen, werden harmonisiert und durch diese Richtlinie ersetzt.
Schutzklausel: Mitgliedstaaten behalten die Verantwortung für den Schutz von Sicherheit und Gesundheit und können Schutzmaßnahmen ergreifen, sofern sie mit den Gemeinschaftsbestimmungen vereinbar sind.
Betroffene Produkte und Akteure
Maschinen: Alle Maschinen im Sinne der Richtlinie sind Produkte, die aus miteinander verbundenen Teilen bestehen, von denen mindestens ein bewegliches Teil vorhanden ist, sowie dazugehörige Steuerungs- und Betriebseinrichtungen.
Sicherheitsbauteile: Einzelne Bauteile mit Sicherheitsfunktion, die separat in Verkehr gebracht werden, sind eingeschlossen.
Auswechselbare Ausrüstungen: Ausrüstungen, die nach dem Inverkehrbringen an einer Maschine angebracht werden können und keine Ersatzteile oder Werkzeuge sind.
Ausgenommen: Maschinen mit ausschließlich manueller Antriebsenergie (außer Hebemaschinen), medizinische Geräte im Patientenkontakt, bestimmte Beförderungsmittel (z.B. Straßenfahrzeuge für Personenverkehr), Schiffe, Aufzüge, landwirtschaftliche Zugmaschinen, militärische Maschinen sowie spezielle Anlagen wie Druckbehälter und radioaktive Maschinen.
Akteure: Hersteller, deren in der EU ansässige Bevollmächtigte, Importeure, Händler sowie die nationalen Behörden der Mitgliedstaaten haben jeweils definierte Pflichten zur Einhaltung und Durchsetzung der Richtlinie.
Umsetzungszeitplan
Die Richtlinie wurde am 22. Juni 1998 verabschiedet. Die Mitgliedstaaten waren verpflichtet, die notwendigen Maßnahmen zur Umsetzung innerhalb der festgelegten Fristen in nationales Recht zu übertragen und anzuwenden.
Typischerweise mussten die rechtlichen und administrativen Vorschriften in den Mitgliedstaaten innerhalb von 18 Monaten nach Inkrafttreten der Richtlinie in nationales Recht umgesetzt werden. Die Fristen für die Einhaltung und Anwendung der einzelnen Teile der Richtlinie konnten durch Übergangsregelungen ergänzt werden.
Darüber hinaus bestanden Übergangsfristen für die Verwendung harmonisierter Normen und die Anwendung der CE-Kennzeichnung bei Maschinen.
Hinweis: Die Richtlinie 98/37/EG wurde inzwischen durch die Maschinenrichtlinie 2006/42/EG abgelöst. Die genannten Inhalte beziehen sich auf den historischen Text der Richtlinie 98/37/EG.
Die Richtlinie 98/37/EG findet Anwendung auf Maschinen und sicherheitsrelevante Bauteile, die in den Binnenmarkt der EU in Verkehr gebracht oder in Betrieb genommen werden. Sie gilt für eine Vielzahl von Maschinen, darunter zusammengesetzte Maschinensysteme und austauschbare Ausrüstungen, sofern diese keine einfachen Ersatzteile oder Werkzeuge sind. Ausgenommen sind Maschinen, die ausschließlich durch menschliche Arbeitskraft angetrieben werden (ausgenommen Lastenheber), medizinische Geräte, feststehende oder bewegliche Jahrmarktgeräte, Dampfkessel, Druckbehälter, spezielle Maschinen für nukleare Anwendungen, Feuerwaffen, Lagertanks für entzündliche Stoffe, Beförderungsmittel für Personen im öffentlichen Verkehr, Seeschiffe, land- und forstwirtschaftliche Zugmaschinen, militärische Maschinen sowie Aufzüge und bestimmte Personenbeförderungsanlagen. Die Richtlinie legt grundlegende Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsanforderungen fest, um harmonisierte Sicherheitsstandards zu gewährleisten und Handelshemmnisse im Binnenmarkt zu beseitigen.
La directive 98/37/CE vise à harmoniser les législations des États membres relatives aux machines afin de garantir la libre circulation des machines dans le marché intérieur tout en assurant un haut niveau de sécurité et de santé pour les utilisateurs, notamment les travailleurs. Elle établit des exigences essentielles de sécurité et de santé applicables aux machines et aux composants de sécurité mis isolément sur le marché. Certaines machines, comme celles à usage médical ou militaire, sont exclues de son champ d’application. La directive impose que les machines respectent ces exigences pour être mises sur le marché et disposer du marquage CE, gage de conformité. Elle encourage l'usage de normes harmonisées européennes pour faciliter la démonstration de conformité et prévoit des procédures adaptées selon les risques spécifiques de certaines machines. Enfin, elle laisse aux États membres la possibilité de maintenir ou d'adopter des exigences complémentaires pour protéger les utilisateurs, à condition de ne pas modifier la machine elle-même ni entraver la libre circulation des produits conformes à la directive.
Objet
La directive 98/37/CE vise à harmoniser les législations des États membres de l'Union européenne en matière de sécurité des machines. Elle établit des exigences essentielles de santé et de sécurité applicables aux machines et à leurs composants de sécurité afin de garantir la libre circulation de ces produits dans le marché intérieur européen tout en assurant un niveau élevé de protection pour les personnes et, le cas échéant, les animaux domestiques et les biens. La directive codifie et remplace la directive 89/392/CEE, en intégrant les modifications substantielle intervenues depuis.
Elle s'inscrit dans la logique de la "nouvelle approche" qui limite l'harmonisation aux exigences essentielles de sécurité, laissant aux organismes de normalisation le soin d'élaborer des normes techniques harmonisées, et aux fabricants la responsabilité de démontrer la conformité de leurs produits.
Obligations principales
- Exigences essentielles de sécurité et de santé : Les machines et composants doivent respecter les exigences définies en annexe I, notamment en intégrant la sécurité dès la conception et la construction.
- Déclaration et marquage CE : Le fabricant ou son mandataire établi dans la Communauté doit fournir une déclaration CE de conformité attestant que la machine répond aux exigences de la directive. Le marquage CE doit accompagner la machine pour permettre sa mise sur le marché et sa mise en service.
- Dossier technique : Avant d'établir la déclaration CE, le fabricant doit constituer un dossier technique permettant de vérifier la conformité, bien que tout document ne soit pas nécessairement conservé en permanence sous forme matérielle.
- Normes harmonisées : L'usage des normes européennes harmonisées confère une présomption de conformité aux exigences essentielles. Ces normes sont élaborées par le CEN et le Cenelec.
- Mise sur le marché et libre circulation : Les États membres ne peuvent interdire, restreindre ou entraver la mise sur le marché ou la mise en service des machines et composants conformes.
- Machines non conformes en exposition : Lors de foires ou expositions, des machines non conformes peuvent être présentées mais doivent être clairement signalées comme telles, avec interdiction de les vendre dans cet état.
- Clause de sauvegarde : Les États peuvent prendre des mesures spécifiques pour assurer la protection des travailleurs si elles ne modifient pas les machines conformes au titre de la directive.
- Examen CE de type : Pour certaines machines présentant des risques plus élevés, une procédure d'examen plus rigoureuse peut s'appliquer.
Produits et acteurs concernés
Champ d’application :
- Machines au sens large : ensembles de pièces liées dont au moins une est mobile, machines assemblées pour un résultat commun, équipements interchangeables modifiant la fonction d’une machine.
- Composants de sécurité mis sur le marché isolément, dont la défaillance menace la sécurité ou la santé.
Exclusions :
- Machines à énergie humaine uniquement (sauf levage), machines médicales en contact direct avec des patients.
- Matériel de fêtes foraines, chaudières vapeur, équipements nucléaires, armes à feu, moyens de transport et navires, ascenseurs permanents, tracteurs agricoles et forestiers, machines militaires, etc.
- Machines couvertes par d’autres directives spécifiques (notamment machines à risques électriques couvertes par la directive 73/23/CEE).
Acteurs :
- Fabricants : responsables de la conception, de la fabrication et de la déclaration de conformité de la machine.
- Mandataires établis dans la Communauté : peuvent agir au nom des fabricants étrangers.
- États membres : chargés de la transposition, du contrôle et de la surveillance du marché.
Calendrier de mise en œuvre
La directive 98/37/CE codifie et remplace la directive 89/392/CEE en intégrant ses modifications antérieures. Les États membres doivent transposer cette directive dans leur droit national et veiller à son application selon les délais définis dans la directive elle-même (référencés dans son annexe VIII, partie B). En pratique, ces délais de transposition doivent avoir été respectés pour permettre la pleine application des règles harmonisées relatives à la sécurité des machines sur le territoire de l’Union.
Le respect des exigences essentielles et l'apposition du marquage CE sont obligatoires pour la mise sur le marché et la mise en service des machines depuis la date d'entrée en vigueur fixée par la directive.
Note : La directive 98/37/CE a été abrogée et remplacée par la directive 2006/42/CE dite "directive machines" à compter du 29 décembre 2009, mais la présente synthèse porte sur le texte historique demandé.
La directive 98/37/CE s'applique aux machines ainsi qu'aux composants de sécurité mis isolément sur le marché. Elle couvre les ensembles de pièces ou organes liés dont au moins un est mobile, incluant les équipements interchangeables modifiant la fonction d’une machine. Le champ d’application exclut certains matériels tels que les machines à énergie humaine sauf pour le levage de charges, les machines à usage médical en contact direct avec le patient, les matériels spécifiques de fêtes foraines, les chaudières à vapeur, les machines à usage nucléaire, les armes à feu, les moyens de transport (aériens, routiers, ferroviaires, maritimes), les installations à câbles, les tracteurs agricoles, les machines militaires ou de maintien de l’ordre, ainsi que certains ascenseurs et élévateurs spécifiques. Si des directives spécifiques couvrent certains risques pour une machine ou composant, la présente directive ne s’applique pas pour ces risques. Les machines dont les risques sont principalement d’origine électrique relèvent exclusivement de la directive 73/23/CEE.
Direktiva 98/37/ES določa bistvene zdravstvene in varnostne zahteve za stroje in varnostne komponente z namenom zagotavljanja proste gibljivosti teh izdelkov znotraj notranjega trga EU, ne da bi se znižale obstoječe ravni varnosti. Uveljavlja se na stroje, varnostne komponente in zamenljivo opremo, z določenimi izjemami, kot so stroji za medicinske namene, prevozna sredstva, vojaški stroji in drugi specifični izdelki. Direktiva določa postopke za ugotavljanje skladnosti, kot so ES-izjava o skladnosti in oznaka CE, ki potrjujeta, da so stroji skladni z zahtevami. Nacionalni standardi, ki prenašajo usklajene evropske standarde, ustvarjajo domnevo o skladnosti s temi varnostnimi zahtevami. Države članice ne smejo omejevati dajanja takih strojev v promet ali njihove uporabe, razen če obstajajo resne nevarnosti za varnost ljudi, domačih živali ali premoženja. Direktiva tudi vzpostavlja postopke za umik nevarnih strojev in zagotavlja sodelovanje med državami članicami in Komisijo pri izvajanju ter spremljanju skladnosti in varnosti strojev.
Namen
Direktiva 98/37/ES Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 22. junija 1998 ureja približevanje zakonodaj držav članic o strojih. Glavni namen direktive je zagotoviti visoko raven varnosti in zdravja ljudi, domačih živali ter premoženja ob racionalni in jasni zakonodaji v zvezi s stroji na notranjem trgu EU. Direktiva nadomešča prejšnjo direktivo (89/392/EGS), ki je bila pogosto spreminjana, s ciljem poenostavitve in jasnosti ureditev.
Doseganje prostega pretoka strojev na trgu EU brez oviro zaradi različnih zahtev članic je ključno, hkrati pa se zagotavlja ohranjanje in izboljševanje ustreznih varnostnih standardov. Direktiva temelji na bistvenih zdravstvenih in varnostnih zahtevah, ki jih morajo izpolnjevati stroji in varnostne komponente, ter vključuje postopke potrjevanja skladnosti (certificiranja) glede na raven tveganja. Prav tako uveljavlja uporabo oznake CE kot dokazila skladnosti ter določa pravila za preprečevanje trženja nevarnih strojev.
Ključne obveznosti
Izpolnjevanje bistvenih zahtev: Vsi stroji in varnostne komponente, ki jih določa direktiva, morajo izpolnjevati bistvene zdravstvene in varnostne zahteve iz Priloge I.
Certifikat o skladnosti: Proizvajalec ali njegov pooblaščeni zastopnik, ki ima sedež v EU, mora pred dajanjem stroja v promet pridobiti in izdajati ES-izjavo o skladnosti ter nanj pritrditi oznako CE.
Dokumentacija: Proizvajalec mora sestaviti tehnično dokumentacijo o izdelku, ki omogoča oceno skladnosti s predpisi, in mora biti ta dokumentacija na voljo na zahtevo nadzornih organov.
Uporaba usklajenih standardov: Skladnost s splošno priznanimi evropskimi standardi se šteje za izpolnjevanje bistvenih zahtev; če standardi ne obstajajo ali niso primerni, mora proizvajalec dokazati skladnost na drug način.
Postopki ocenjevanja skladnosti: Glede na tveganje, povezano z določenim strojem, so določeni različni postopki ocenjevanja skladnosti, vključno z ES-preskusom tipa za bolj zahtevne stroje.
Zadržki članic: Članice lahko sprejmejo ukrepe za umik s trga ali prepoved dajanja v promet strojev, ki so nevarni, po ustreznih postopkih obvestila Komisiji.
Prezentacija strojev: Stroji niso skladni z direktivo se lahko prikazujejo na sejmih ali razstavah, če je jasno označeno, da niso v prodaji in če so zagotovljeni varnostni ukrepi.
Sodelovanje socialnih partnerjev: Članice morajo zagotoviti vlogo socialnih partnerjev v procesu standardizacije in spremljanja usklajenih standardov.
Zadevni proizvodi in akterji
Stroji: Definirani kot sklopi povezanih delov, kjer je vsaj en gibljiv del, ki so namenjeni za različnih industrijskega in drugega namena, npr. predelavo, obdelavo, premikanje, pakiranje materiala idr.
Varnostne komponente: Posamezne komponente, ki imajo varnostno funkcijo in jih proizvajalec ali njegov pooblaščeni zastopnik daje v promet ločeno.
Izjeme iz področja uporabe: Med drugim so izvzeti stroji z ročno silo kot edini vir energije (razen dvigal za bremena), medicinski stroji za neposredno uporabo pri bolnikih, posebna oprema za sejmišča in zabaviščne parke, parni kotli, jedrski stroji, vozila za prevoz ljudi po kopnem, zraku in vodi ter nekateri drugi specifični stroji.
Proizvajalci: Odgovorni za pripravo tehnične dokumentacije, ovrednotenje skladnosti ter zagotavljanje, da so izdelki skladni z direktivo.
Pooblaščeni zastopniki: Igrajo vlogo v imenu proizvajalca v EU zavezancu.
Države članice in nadzorni organi: Zagotavljajo izvajanje direktive, izvajajo inšpekcije, sprejemajo ukrepe proti neskladnim izdelkom in sodelujejo pri standardizaciji.
Priglašeni organi: Izvajajo postopke ocenjevanja skladnosti, kot je ES-preskus tipa.
Rok izvedbe
Direktiva nadomešča prejšnjo Direktivo 89/392/EGS in jo je bilo treba vključiti v nacionalne pravne sisteme držav članic EU. Države članice so morale sprejeti in objaviti zakone, predpise in upravne ukrepe za uskladitev z direktivo v določenih rokih, ki so bili navedeni v samem besedilu direktive (običajno v nekaj letih po sprejetju leta 1998). To je vključevalo prilagoditve zakonskih okvirov glede dajanja strojev na trg, označevanja CE, certifikatov o skladnosti in kontrole trga.
Z uporabo te direktive so države članice zagotovile trdno pravno podlago za prosto gibanje strojev znotraj skupnega trga, hkrati pa zagotovile visok nivo varnosti uporabnikov strojev. Rok za uskladitev je bil ključen za učinkovito vzpostavitev skladnosti in preprečevanje trgovinskih ovir.
Direktiva 98/37/ES se uporablja za stroje in varnostne komponente, ki se dajejo v promet in zanje predpisuje bistvene zdravstvene in varnostne zahteve. Stroji vključujejo sklope povezanih delov, od katerih je vsaj en gibljiv, z ustreznimi upravljalnimi elementi za razne industrijske in proizvodne namene, kot so predelava, obdelava, premikanje in pakiranje materiala, kot tudi zamenljivo opremo za spreminjanje funkcije stroja. Varnostne komponente so tiste, ki izpolnjujejo varnostno funkcijo in so dane v promet ločeno. Izpod direktive so izvzeti stroji, ki delujejo samo z ročno silo razen za dviganje bremen, medicinski stroji za neposredno uporabo pri bolnikih, posebna oprema za sejme in zabaviščne parke, parni kotli, posebni industrijski stroji za jedrske namene, prevozna sredstva za potnike in blago ter vojaški stroji in oprema. Poleg tega se direktiva ne uporablja tam, kjer druga posebna zakonodaja uredba zajema varnostna tveganja strojev.
General Information
This document applies to general purpose offshore cranes including their supporting pedestals and
structures.
This document is applicable to general purpose offshore cranes, whose structures are made of steel.
This document provides requirements for significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant
to general purpose offshore cranes, for lifting of goods and lifting of persons, when used as intended
and under the conditions foreseen by the risk assessment (see Clause 4).
This document is applicable to general purpose offshore cranes, which are manufactured after the date
of approval by CEN of this document.
This document is not applicable for:
a) transportation, assembly, disabling, scrapping, installation or erecting of the crane;
b) any item attached to the hook, such as loads, non-fixed load lifting attachments, lifting accessories,
baskets, carriers and containers;
c) lifting operations in ambient temperatures below - 20 °C;
d) lifting operations in ambient temperatures above 45 °C;
e) accidental loads as a result of collisions, earthquakes, explosions, etc., which are not covered by
exceptional loads defined in Table B.7;
f) floating cranes (covered by EN 13852-2), light offshore cranes (covered by EN 13852-3) and 2D/3D
motion compensated cranes;
g) subsea lifting operations;
h) lifting operations involving more than one crane;
i) offshore cranes as part of the emergency preparedness plan for evacuation.
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This document specifies the general safety requirements for demountable machines and trailers, including road-rail trailers - henceforward referred to as ‘machines, for use when travelling and working on railway track.
NOTE Trailers, including road-rail trailers, are considered as machines because they are moved along the track by powered machines.
This document specifies the requirements to deal with the common hazards presented by their use on the railway during transport, assembly and installation, commissioning, travelling and working on track, use including setting, programming, and process changeover, operation, cleaning, fault finding, maintenance and de-commissioning of the machines and associated equipment when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable.
These machines will not run on railway lines open to normal traffic.
NOTE Other rail mounted railway maintenance and infrastructure inspection machines are dealt with in other European standards, see Technical Report CEN/TR 17498:2020.
This document is also applicable to machines and associated equipment that in working mode are partly supported on the ballast or the formation.
The requirements in this document are based on the assumption that the machines are used, operated and maintained by skilled person(s).
This document does not apply to the following:
- requirements for quality of the work or performance of the machine;
- use of separate equipment temporarily mounted on machines;
- machines that utilize external power supplies such as the overhead contact line system for traction purposes or as a power source;
- hazards due to air pressure caused by the passing of high-speed trains at more than 200 km/h;
- operation subject to special rules, e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres;
- hazards due to natural causes, e.g. earthquake, lightning, flooding;
- working methods;
- operation in severe working conditions requiring special measures, e.g. corrosive environments, contaminating environments, strong magnetic fields;
- hazards occurring when used to handle suspended loads which may swing freely.
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This document specifies the general safety requirements for demountable machines and trailers, including road-rail trailers - henceforward referred to as ‘machines, for use when travelling and working on railway track.
NOTE Trailers, including road-rail trailers, are considered as machines because they are moved along the track by powered machines.
This document specifies the requirements to deal with the common hazards presented by their use on the railway during transport, assembly and installation, commissioning, travelling and working on track, use including setting, programming, and process changeover, operation, cleaning, fault finding, maintenance and de-commissioning of the machines and associated equipment when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable.
These machines will not run on railway lines open to normal traffic.
NOTE Other rail mounted railway maintenance and infrastructure inspection machines are dealt with in other European standards, see Technical Report CEN/TR 17498:2020.
This document is also applicable to machines and associated equipment that in working mode are partly supported on the ballast or the formation.
The requirements in this document are based on the assumption that the machines are used, operated and maintained by skilled person(s).
This document does not apply to the following:
- requirements for quality of the work or performance of the machine;
- use of separate equipment temporarily mounted on machines;
- machines that utilize external power supplies such as the overhead contact line system for traction purposes or as a power source;
- hazards due to air pressure caused by the passing of high-speed trains at more than 200 km/h;
- operation subject to special rules, e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres;
- hazards due to natural causes, e.g. earthquake, lightning, flooding;
- working methods;
- operation in severe working conditions requiring special measures, e.g. corrosive environments, contaminating environments, strong magnetic fields;
- hazards occurring when used to handle suspended loads which may swing freely.
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This document applies to general purpose offshore cranes including their supporting pedestals and structures.
This document is applicable to general purpose offshore cranes, whose structures are made of steel.
This document provides requirements for all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to general purpose offshore cranes, for lifting of goods and lifting of persons, when used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the risk assessment (see Clause 4).
This document is applicable to general purpose offshore cranes, which are manufactured after the date of approval by CEN of this document.
This document is not applicable for:
a) transportation, assembly, disabling, scrapping, installation or erecting of the crane;
b) any item attached to the hook, such as loads, non-fixed load lifting attachments, lifting accessories, baskets, carriers and containers;
c) lifting operations in ambient temperatures below - 20 °C;
d) lifting operations in ambient temperatures above 45 °C;
e) accidental loads as result of collisions, earthquakes, explosions, etc., which are not covered by exceptional loads defined in Table B.7 ;
f) floating cranes (covered by EN13852-2), light offshore cranes (covered by FprEN13852-3) and 2D/3D motion compensated cranes;
g) subsea lifting operations;
h) lifting operations involving more than one crane;
i) emergency rescue operations (except training).
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This document specifies limit states, requirements and methods to prevent mechanical hazards in steel structures of cranes by design and theoretical proof of competence.
The significant hazardous situations and hazardous events that could result in risks to persons during intended use are identified in an informative Annex L (informative). Clauses 4 to 8 of this document provide requirements and methods to reduce or eliminate these risks:
a) exceeding the limits of strength (yield, ultimate, fatigue);
b) exceeding temperature limits of material or components;
c) elastic instability of the crane or its parts (buckling, bulging).
This document does not apply to cranes which are designed before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE This document deals only with the limit state method in accordance with reference [44].
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This document specifies limit states, requirements and methods to prevent mechanical hazards in steel structures of cranes by design and theoretical proof of competence.
The significant hazardous situations and hazardous events that could result in risks to persons during intended use are identified in an informative Annex L (informative). Clauses 4 to 8 of this document provide requirements and methods to reduce or eliminate these risks:
a) exceeding the limits of strength (yield, ultimate, fatigue);
b) exceeding temperature limits of material or components;
c) elastic instability of the crane or its parts (buckling, bulging).
This document does not apply to cranes which are designed before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE This document deals only with the limit state method in accordance with reference [44].
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Applicable to equipment or parts of equipment not exceeding 1 000 V a.c. or 1 500 V d.c. between lines, and with nominal frequencies not exceeding 200 Hz. Additional and special requirements can apply to the electrical equipment of hoisting machines that are used in potentially explosive and/or flammable atmospheres. Does not cover individual items of electrical equipment other than their selection for use and their erection.
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This document specifies safety requirements and measures for verification for the design, construction, transporting and commissioning for tree service of portable, combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws having a maximum mass of 4,3 kg (without the guide bar and saw-chain and with tanks empty).
The chain-saws are intended to be used, with the right hand on the rear handle and left hand on the front handle, by a trained operator.
Dismantling and scrapping of the product is not covered by this document. Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex B).
This document is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication.
NOTE Figure 1 shows an example of a chain-saw within the scope of this document.
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This document specifies safety requirements and measures for verification for the design, construction, transporting and commissioning of portable, combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws. The chain-saws are intended to be used for forest work by only one operator, with the right hand on the rear handle and left hand on the front handle.
Dismantling and scrapping of the product is not covered by this document. Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events, with the exception of kickback and balance for machines with an engine displacement of more than 80 cm3, relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A).
This document is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication.
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This document specifies safety requirements and measures for verification for the design, construction, transporting and commissioning for tree service of portable, combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws having a maximum mass of 4,3 kg (without the guide bar and saw-chain and with tanks empty).
The chain-saws are intended to be used, with the right hand on the rear handle and left hand on the front handle, by a trained operator.
Dismantling and scrapping of the product is not covered by this document. Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex B).
This document is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication.
NOTE Figure 1 shows an example of a chain-saw within the scope of this document.
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This document specifies safety requirements and measures for verification for the design, construction, transporting and commissioning of portable, combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws. The chain-saws are intended to be used for forest work by only one operator, with the right hand on the rear handle and left hand on the front handle.
Dismantling and scrapping of the product is not covered by this document. Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events, with the exception of kickback and balance for machines with an engine displacement of more than 80 cm3, relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A).
This document is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication.
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This document, to be used together with ISO 4254-1, specifies the safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of mounted, semi-mounted, trailed and self-propelled agricultural sprayers for use with plant protection products (PPP) and liquid fertilizer application, as placed on the market by the manufacturer and designed for a single operator only. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices (including residual risks) to be provided by the manufacturer.
When requirements of this document are different from those which are stated in ISO 4254-1, the requirements of this document take precedence over the requirements of ISO 4254-1 for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this document.
This document, taken together with ISO 4254-1, deals with significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A), excepting the hazards arising from:
— protection of the driver against spray when spraying (see Foreword);
— automatically actuated height adjustment systems;
— the environment, other than noise;
— moving parts for power transmission except strength requirements for guards and barriers.
This document is not applicable to sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document.
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This document, to be used together with ISO 4254-1, specifies the safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of mounted, semi-mounted, trailed and self-propelled agricultural sprayers for use with plant protection products (PPP) and liquid fertilizer application, as placed on the market by the manufacturer and designed for a single operator only. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices (including residual risks) to be provided by the manufacturer.
When requirements of this document are different from those which are stated in ISO 4254-1, the requirements of this document take precedence over the requirements of ISO 4254-1 for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this document.
This document, taken together with ISO 4254-1, deals with significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A), excepting the hazards arising from:
— protection of the driver against spray when spraying (see Foreword);
— automatically actuated height adjustment systems;
— the environment, other than noise;
— moving parts for power transmission except strength requirements for guards and barriers.
This document is not applicable to sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document.
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DOP = DAV + 6 months
DOW = DAV + 36 months
Annex ZZ for MD 2006/42/EC available in EN 60947-5-5:1997/A11.
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It gives general rules on marking for identification of machinery, for safe use related to mechanical and electrical hazards, and for the avoidance of hazards arising from incorrect connections. Includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: Annex A: additional safety signs included and updated.
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This European Standard specifies requirements for the design and selection of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic equipment used in all types of cranes and their associated fixed load lifting attachments with the objectives of protecting personnel from hazards affecting their health and safety and of ensuring reliability of function.
NOTE Specific requirements for particular types of cranes, and for load lifting attachments, are given in the appropriate European Standard.
The electrical equipment covered by this European Standard commences at the point of connection of the supply to the crane (the crane supply switch) including systems for power supply and control feeders situated outside the crane, e.g. flexible cables, conductor wires or bars, electric motors and cableless controls.
The principles to be applied for cranes transporting hazardous loads are given in this standard. Particular requirements are given for cranes transporting hot molten metal.
The standard does not cover the detail design of individual items of equipment except with regard to their selection for specific aspects of use.
In general, the proof of competence calculations and related strength requirements or safety margins of equipment and components are not covered by this standard. These questions are covered in EN 13001 parts 1 and 2, and in the EN 13001-3 series that is partly under preparation (see Annex A). Exceptionally, some safety margins are given here for items not covered in EN 13001-series.
Hazards due to noise are not covered by this standard. They are addressed in safety standards specific to each type of crane.
The specific hazards due to potentially explosive atmospheres, ionising radiation, and operation in electromagnetic fields beyond the range of EN 61000-6-2 are not covered by this European Standard.
The significant hazards covered by this European Standard are identified in Clause 4.
This European Standard is not applicable to cranes, which are manufactured before the date of publication by CEN of this standard.
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ISO 4254-7:2017, when used together with ISO 4254‑1, specifies the safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of combine harvesters, forage harvesters, cotton harvesters and sugar cane harvesters. It describes methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the intended use of these machines by one person (the operator) in the course of normal operation and service. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer.
When provisions of ISO 4254-7:2017 are different from those which are stated in ISO 4254‑1, the provisions of ISO 4254-7:2017 take precedence over the provisions of ISO 4254‑1 for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of ISO 4254-7:2017.
ISO 4254-7:2017, taken together with ISO 4254‑1, deals with all the significant hazards (as listed in Table A.1), hazardous situations and events relevant to combine harvesters, forage harvesters, cotton harvesters and sugar cane harvesters, when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse that are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A). It is not applicable to hazards arising from the presence of persons other than the operator, cleaning of the grain tank, and hazards related to vibrations and moving parts for power transmission, except for strength requirements for guards and barriers. In respect of braking and steering, it is applicable only to the ergonomic aspects (e.g. location of brake pedal and steering wheel); no other aspects related to braking and steering are covered. In the case of trailed harvesters, it is applicable only to hazards related to the working process.
Design requirements for roll-over protective structures (if applicable) are not specified in ISO 4254-7:2017.
Performance levels (or categories) for safety-related parts of control systems in accordance with ISO 25119 or ISO 13849 are not given in ISO 4254-7:2017.
NOTE Specific requirements related to road traffic regulations are not taken into account in ISO 4254-7:2017.
ISO 4254-7:2017 is not applicable to machines manufactured before the date of its publication.
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This European Standard specifies requirements for the design and selection of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic equipment used in all types of cranes and their associated fixed load lifting attachments with the objectives of protecting personnel from hazards affecting their health and safety and of ensuring reliability of function.
NOTE Specific requirements for particular types of cranes, and for load lifting attachments, are given in the appropriate European Standard.
The electrical equipment covered by this European Standard commences at the point of connection of the supply to the crane (the crane supply switch) including systems for power supply and control feeders situated outside the crane, e.g. flexible cables, conductor wires or bars, electric motors and cableless controls.
The principles to be applied for cranes transporting hazardous loads are given in this standard. Particular requirements are given for cranes transporting hot molten metal.
The standard does not cover the detail design of individual items of equipment except with regard to their selection for specific aspects of use.
In general, the proof of competence calculations and related strength requirements or safety margins of equipment and components are not covered by this standard. These questions are covered in EN 13001 parts 1 and 2, and in the EN 13001-3 series that is partly under preparation (see Annex A). Exceptionally, some safety margins are given here for items not covered in EN 13001-series.
Hazards due to noise are not covered by this standard. They are addressed in safety standards specific to each type of crane.
The specific hazards due to potentially explosive atmospheres, ionising radiation, and operation in electromagnetic fields beyond the range of EN 61000-6-2 are not covered by this European Standard.
The significant hazards covered by this European Standard are identified in Clause 4.
This European Standard is not applicable to cranes, which are manufactured before the date of publication by CEN of this standard.
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ISO 4254-7:2017, when used together with ISO 4254‑1, specifies the safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of combine harvesters, forage harvesters, cotton harvesters and sugar cane harvesters. It describes methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the intended use of these machines by one person (the operator) in the course of normal operation and service. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer.
When provisions of ISO 4254-7:2017 are different from those which are stated in ISO 4254‑1, the provisions of ISO 4254-7:2017 take precedence over the provisions of ISO 4254‑1 for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of ISO 4254-7:2017.
ISO 4254-7:2017, taken together with ISO 4254‑1, deals with all the significant hazards (as listed in Table A.1), hazardous situations and events relevant to combine harvesters, forage harvesters, cotton harvesters and sugar cane harvesters, when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse that are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A). It is not applicable to hazards arising from the presence of persons other than the operator, cleaning of the grain tank, and hazards related to vibrations and moving parts for power transmission, except for strength requirements for guards and barriers. In respect of braking and steering, it is applicable only to the ergonomic aspects (e.g. location of brake pedal and steering wheel); no other aspects related to braking and steering are covered. In the case of trailed harvesters, it is applicable only to hazards related to the working process.
Design requirements for roll-over protective structures (if applicable) are not specified in ISO 4254-7:2017.
Performance levels (or categories) for safety-related parts of control systems in accordance with ISO 25119 or ISO 13849 are not given in ISO 4254-7:2017.
NOTE Specific requirements related to road traffic regulations are not taken into account in ISO 4254-7:2017.
ISO 4254-7:2017 is not applicable to machines manufactured before the date of its publication.
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ISO 3691-3:2016 gives safety requirements and the means for their verification, additional to those of ISO 3691‑1, for industrial trucks with a vertical, non-tilting mast:
a) those trucks having an elevating operator position, and order‑picking trucks, as defined in ISO 5053‑1, where the elevating operator position and the load‑handling device lifts to a height of more than 1 200 mm above ground level;
b) lateral- and front-stacking trucks, as defined in ISO 5053‑1, designed to travel with a load-handling device elevated more than 1 200 mm above ground level, with the load-handling device elevated, lowered or laterally displaced, laden or unladen, while the truck is travelling.
These trucks are designed to travel indoors on a smooth, level surface (e.g. concrete) and can be guided, unguided, or both, when in use; they are not intended to tow or push.
ISO 3691-3:2016 is not applicable to stacker trucks which handle two loads, one on the forks and the other on the support arms, this type of truck being covered by ISO 3691‑1.
It is not applicable to trucks with an elevating operator position up to and including 1 200 mm, or to trucks specifically designed to travel with an elevated load having a fork height up to and including 1 200 mm above ground level.
It is not applicable to low-level order pickers with elevating operator's position up to and including 1 200 mm lift height which can be equipped with an additional load lifting device having a maximum lift height of 1 800 mm from ground level.
ISO 3691-3:2016 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, or hazardous events, as listed in Annex A, relevant to the applicable machines when used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
It does not establish requirements for hazards that can occur when using trucks on public roads or when operating in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Regional requirements, additional to the requirements given in this part of ISO 3691, are addressed in ISO/TS 3691‑7 and ISO/TS 3691‑8.
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ISO 10326-1:2016 specifies basic requirements for the laboratory testing of vibration transmission through a vehicle seat to the occupant. These methods for measurement and analysis make it possible to compare test results from different laboratories for equivalent seats.
It specifies the test method, the instrumentation requirements, the measuring assessment method and the way to report the test result.
ISO 10326-1:2016 applies to specific laboratory seat tests which evaluate vibration transmission to the occupants of any type of seat used in vehicles and mobile off-road machinery.
Application standards for specific vehicles refer to this document when defining the test input vibration that is typical for the vibration characteristics of the type or class of vehicle or machinery in which the seat is to be fitted.
NOTE Examples of application standards are given in the bibliography.
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This European Standard specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of hand fed, shredders/chippers with integral electric motor, not exceeding 250 V single phase, with or without vacuum assisted collection which are designed to reduce organic material to smaller pieces and are used in a stationary position by an operator standing on the ground. This standard applies to shredders/chippers with feed intake openings or segments, in this standard referred to as feed safety openings that in total will fit into a square of 250 mm x 250 mm. NOTE For the requirements for the measurement of the square of 250 mm x 250 mm are given in clause 20.101.1 of this standard. In this European Standard shredders and chippers are referred to collectively as machine(s). This European Standard does not cover requirements for – machines powered by combustion engines; NOTE 1 Combustion engine driven machines are covered by EN 13683. – machines driven by an external power source or by battery power; – machines with powered discharge intended to broadcast material or load vehicles; – machines with mechanically powered feed intake or attachments; – wood chippers for agricultural, lawn and park and forestry use; NOTE 2 Wood chippers are covered by EN 13525. – machines powered from a 3 phase supply. This European Standard deals with all significant hazards presented by shredders/chippers when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable. EMC and environmental aspects, except noise, have not been considered in this European Standard. This European Standard is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CENELEC.
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DOP = DAV + 6 months
DOW = DAV + 36 months
Annex ZZ for MD 2006/42/EC available in EN 60947-5-5:1997/A11.
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ISO 3691-3:2016 gives safety requirements and the means for their verification, additional to those of ISO 3691‑1, for industrial trucks with a vertical, non-tilting mast:
a) those trucks having an elevating operator position, and order‑picking trucks, as defined in ISO 5053‑1, where the elevating operator position and the load‑handling device lifts to a height of more than 1 200 mm above ground level;
b) lateral- and front-stacking trucks, as defined in ISO 5053‑1, designed to travel with a load-handling device elevated more than 1 200 mm above ground level, with the load-handling device elevated, lowered or laterally displaced, laden or unladen, while the truck is travelling.
These trucks are designed to travel indoors on a smooth, level surface (e.g. concrete) and can be guided, unguided, or both, when in use; they are not intended to tow or push.
ISO 3691-3:2016 is not applicable to stacker trucks which handle two loads, one on the forks and the other on the support arms, this type of truck being covered by ISO 3691‑1.
It is not applicable to trucks with an elevating operator position up to and including 1 200 mm, or to trucks specifically designed to travel with an elevated load having a fork height up to and including 1 200 mm above ground level.
It is not applicable to low-level order pickers with elevating operator's position up to and including 1 200 mm lift height which can be equipped with an additional load lifting device having a maximum lift height of 1 800 mm from ground level.
ISO 3691-3:2016 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, or hazardous events, as listed in Annex A, relevant to the applicable machines when used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
It does not establish requirements for hazards that can occur when using trucks on public roads or when operating in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Regional requirements, additional to the requirements given in this part of ISO 3691, are addressed in ISO/TS 3691‑7 and ISO/TS 3691‑8.
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ISO 10326-1:2016 specifies basic requirements for the laboratory testing of vibration transmission through a vehicle seat to the occupant. These methods for measurement and analysis make it possible to compare test results from different laboratories for equivalent seats.
It specifies the test method, the instrumentation requirements, the measuring assessment method and the way to report the test result.
ISO 10326-1:2016 applies to specific laboratory seat tests which evaluate vibration transmission to the occupants of any type of seat used in vehicles and mobile off-road machinery.
Application standards for specific vehicles refer to this document when defining the test input vibration that is typical for the vibration characteristics of the type or class of vehicle or machinery in which the seat is to be fitted.
NOTE Examples of application standards are given in the bibliography.
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This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following. This European Standard specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of electric powered hand-held scissors type grass shears with a maximum cutting width of 200 mm designed primarily for cutting grass, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for a.c. or 75 V d.c. In this European Standard the term “machine” means “electric powered scissors type grass shear”. This European Standard does not apply to hedge trimmers as covered by EN 60745–2–15. Requirements for chargers are covered by EN 60335-2-29:2004. Requirements for batteries are covered by EN 62133:2003. EMC and environmental aspects except for noise have not been considered in this European Standard. This European Standard deals with all the significant hazards presented by hand-held scissors type grass shears when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable.
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This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following. This European Standard specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of electric powered walk-behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers, with cutting element(s) of non metallic filament line or freely pivoting non-metallic cutter(s), with a kinetic energy of not more than 10 J each, used by a standing operator for cutting grass, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for a.c. or 75 V d.c.. NOTE 101 The method of calculating the kinetic energy for the purposes of this standard is given in 22.103. In this European Standard, hand-held and walk-behind lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers are referred to collectively as machine(s). This European Standard does not apply to - scissor type or lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers with cutting means other than those described above; - lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers with collecting devices; - self-propelled lawn trimmers or lawn edge trimmers; EMC and environmental aspects, except noise, have not been considered in this European Standard. This European Standard does not apply to chargers as covered by EN 60335-2-29. This European Standard does not apply to batteries as covered by EN 62133. This European Standard deals with all the significant hazards presented by hand-held and walk-behind lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable.
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ISO 13850:2015 Standard specifies functional requirements and design principles for the emergency stop function on machinery, independent of the type of energy used.
It does not deal with functions such as reversal or limitation of motion, deflection of emissions (e.g. radiation, fluids), shielding, braking or disconnecting, which can be part of the emergency stop function.
The requirements for this International Standard apply to all machines, with exception to:
- machines where an emergency stop would not reduce the risk;
- hand-held or hand-operated machines.
NOTE The requirements for the realization of the emergency stop function based on electrical/electronic technology are described in IEC 60204‑1.
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This European Standard specifies safety and hygiene requirements for the design and manufacture of dough sheeters, as described in Clause 3, used in the food industry and craft activities (bread-making, pastry-making, sweet industries, bakeries, confectioners, delicatessens, catering facilities, etc.) for reducing the thickness of a solid mass of dough or pastry by rolling it out.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to the transport, installation, adjustment, operation, cleaning, maintenance, dismantling, disassembling and scrapping of dough mixers, when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to dough sheeters, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 5).
Noise is not considered to be a significant hazard. This does not mean that the manufacturer is absolved from reducing noise and making a noise declaration. Therefore a noise test code is given in Annex B.
The following machines are excluded:
- experimental and testing machines under development by the manufacturer;
- dough sheeters where the dough is fed to the rollers by gravity (e.g. pizzabase dough sheeters);
- domestic appliances ).
This European Standard is not applicable to dough sheeters which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
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2013-02-28 EMA: Draft for // vote received in ISO/CS (see notification of 2014-03-28 in dataservice).
2013-02-28 EMA: Draft for // ENQ received in ISO/CS (see notification of 2013-02-28 in dataservice).
2011-10-21 EMA: ISO decided to cancel the revision of ISO 5349-2 and to launch an amendment instead. This WI has been updated accordingly.
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ISO 13850:2015 Standard specifies functional requirements and design principles for the emergency stop function on machinery, independent of the type of energy used.
It does not deal with functions such as reversal or limitation of motion, deflection of emissions (e.g. radiation, fluids), shielding, braking or disconnecting, which can be part of the emergency stop function.
The requirements for this International Standard apply to all machines, with exception to:
- machines where an emergency stop would not reduce the risk;
- hand-held or hand-operated machines.
NOTE The requirements for the realization of the emergency stop function based on electrical/electronic technology are described in IEC 60204‑1.
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1.1 Application
This European Standard specifies the requirements, test methods, marking and information to be provided by the manufacturer/supplier for Suspended Access Equipment (SAE).
It is applicable to both permanent and temporary equipment which may be powered or hand operated and which are defined in Clause 3.
The requirements of this standard include the rails, tracks and other support systems on which SAE depend for their integrity and safety as well as taking into account all associated loads and fixings to the building structure.
This document is not applicable to Suspended Access Equipment which is manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
1.2 Hazards
This European Standard deals with significant hazards pertinent to SAE when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see Clause 4). This European Standard specifies appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the significant hazards.
1.3 Exclusions
The following are not covered in this document:
a) operation in severe and special conditions (e.g. extreme environmental conditions, corrosive environments, strong magnetic fields);
b) operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres, work on live overhead electrical lines);
c) transportation of passengers from one level to another;
d) handling of loads which could lead to a dangerous situation (e.g. molten metal, acids/bases, radioactive materials);
e) working platforms suspended by cranes;
f) silo access equipment;
g) SAE using chains for the direct suspension of a platform;
h) SAE using fibre ropes for the suspension of a platform;
i) SAE intended to be used underground;
j) SAE intended to be used in shafts;
k) SAE directly powered by combustion engines.
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This European Standard specifies safety and hygiene requirements for the design and manufacture of dough sheeters, as described in Clause 3, used in the food industry and craft activities (bread-making, pastry-making, sweet industries, bakeries, confectioners, delicatessens, catering facilities, etc.) for reducing the thickness of a solid mass of dough or pastry by rolling it out.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to the transport, installation, adjustment, operation, cleaning, maintenance, dismantling, disassembling and scrapping of dough mixers, when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to dough sheeters, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 5).
Noise is not considered to be a significant hazard. This does not mean that the manufacturer is absolved from reducing noise and making a noise declaration. Therefore a noise test code is given in Annex B.
The following machines are excluded:
- experimental and testing machines under development by the manufacturer;
- dough sheeters where the dough is fed to the rollers by gravity (e.g. pizzabase dough sheeters);
- domestic appliances ).
This European Standard is not applicable to dough sheeters which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
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ISO 23771:2015 provides technical information on the design of textile machinery with reduced noise emissions. Textile machines with a significant noise hazard are defined in ISO 11111 (all parts).
ISO 23771:2015 supports the technical designer with the development of low-noise textile machinery. For this purpose, the significant sources of noise of the individual types of textile machines and suitable noise control measures are described.
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2013-02-28 EMA: Draft for // vote received in ISO/CS (see notification of 2014-03-28 in dataservice).
2013-02-28 EMA: Draft for // ENQ received in ISO/CS (see notification of 2013-02-28 in dataservice).
2011-10-21 EMA: ISO decided to cancel the revision of ISO 5349-2 and to launch an amendment instead. This WI has been updated accordingly.
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1.1 This European Standard specifies safety and hygiene requirements for the design and manufacture of intermediate provers with powered moving pocket carriers as described in Clause 3 and used in the food industry, pastry-making, bakeries, etc. for giving a resting time to dough between different phases of the process.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to the installation, adjustment, operation, cleaning, maintenance, dismantling, disabling and scrapping of intermediate provers with moving pocket carriers when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
Noise is not considered to be a significant hazard by intermediate provers. This does not mean that the manufacturer of the machine is absolved from reducing noise and making a noise declaration. Therefore a noise test code is proposed in Annex A.
1.2 The following machines are excluded:
- independent automatic loading system not integrated with the machine;
- experimental and testing machines under development by the manufacturer;
- retarder and final proofer.
1.3 This European Standard is not applicable to intermediate provers with moving pocket carriers which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
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ISO 23771:2015 provides technical information on the design of textile machinery with reduced noise emissions. Textile machines with a significant noise hazard are defined in ISO 11111 (all parts).
ISO 23771:2015 supports the technical designer with the development of low-noise textile machinery. For this purpose, the significant sources of noise of the individual types of textile machines and suitable noise control measures are described.
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1.1 Application
This European Standard specifies the requirements, test methods, marking and information to be provided by the manufacturer/supplier for Suspended Access Equipment (SAE).
It is applicable to both permanent and temporary equipment which may be powered or hand operated and which are defined in Clause 3.
The requirements of this standard include the rails, tracks and other support systems on which SAE depend for their integrity and safety as well as taking into account all associated loads and fixings to the building structure.
This document is not applicable to Suspended Access Equipment which is manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
1.2 Hazards
This European Standard deals with significant hazards pertinent to SAE when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see Clause 4). This European Standard specifies appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the significant hazards.
1.3 Exclusions
The following are not covered in this document:
a) operation in severe and special conditions (e.g. extreme environmental conditions, corrosive environments, strong magnetic fields);
b) operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres, work on live overhead electrical lines);
c) transportation of passengers from one level to another;
d) handling of loads which could lead to a dangerous situation (e.g. molten metal, acids/bases, radioactive materials);
e) working platforms suspended by cranes;
f) silo access equipment;
g) SAE using chains for the direct suspension of a platform;
h) SAE using fibre ropes for the suspension of a platform;
i) SAE intended to be used underground;
j) SAE intended to be used in shafts;
k) SAE directly powered by combustion engines.
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ISO 6103:2014 specifies the maximum permissible values of unbalances for bonded abrasive wheels with an outside diameter D ≥ 125 mm and maximum operating speed vs ≥ 16 m/s, in the as-delivered condition. It also specifies the method for measuring the unbalance and the practical method for testing whether a grinding wheel is acceptable or not.
It is applicable to bonded abrasive wheels in the as-delivered condition.
It is not applicable to diamond, cubic boron nitride or natural stone grinding wheels, or to centreless control wheels, lapping and disc wheels, ball wheels or glass grinding wheels.
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This European Standard specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of hand fed, shredders/chippers with integral electric motor, not exceeding 250 V single phase, with or without vacuum assisted collection which are designed to reduce organic material to smaller pieces and are used in a stationary position by an operator standing on the ground. This standard applies to shredders/chippers with feed intake openings or segments, in this standard referred to as feed safety openings that in total will fit into a square of 250 mm x 250 mm.
NOTE For the requirements for the measurement of the square of 250 mm x 250 mm are given in clause 20.101.1 of this standard.
In this European Standard shredders and chippers are referred to collectively as machine(s).
This European Standard does not cover requirements for
– machines powered by combustion engines;
NOTE 1 Combustion engine driven machines are covered by EN 13683.
– machines driven by an external power source or by battery power;
– machines with powered discharge intended to broadcast material or load vehicles;
– machines with mechanically powered feed intake or attachments;
– wood chippers for agricultural, lawn and park and forestry use;
NOTE 2 Wood chippers are covered by EN 13525.
– machines powered from a 3 phase supply.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards presented by shredders/chippers when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable.
EMC and environmental aspects, except noise, have not been considered in this European Standard.
This European Standard is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CENELEC.
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This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.
This European Standard specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of electric powered hand-held scissors type grass shears with a maximum cutting width of 200 mm designed primarily for cutting grass, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for a.c. or 75 V d.c.
In this European Standard the term “machine” means “electric powered scissors type grass shear”.
This European Standard does not apply to hedge trimmers as covered by EN 60745–2–15.
Requirements for chargers are covered by EN 60335-2-29:2004.
Requirements for batteries are covered by EN 62133:2003.
EMC and environmental aspects except for noise have not been considered in this European Standard.
This European Standard deals with all the significant hazards presented by hand-held scissors type grass shears when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable.
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This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.
This European Standard specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of electric powered walk-behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers, with cutting element(s) of non metallic filament line or freely pivoting non-metallic cutter(s), with a kinetic energy of not more than 10 J each, used by a standing operator for cutting grass, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for a.c. or 75 V d.c..
NOTE 101 The method of calculating the kinetic energy for the purposes of this standard is given in 22.103.
In this European Standard, hand-held and walk-behind lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers are referred to collectively as machine(s).
This European Standard does not apply to
- scissor type or lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers with cutting means other than those described above;
- lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers with collecting devices;
- self-propelled lawn trimmers or lawn edge trimmers;
EMC and environmental aspects, except noise, have not been considered in this European Standard.
This European Standard does not apply to chargers as covered by EN 60335-2-29.
This European Standard does not apply to batteries as covered by EN 62133.
This European Standard deals with all the significant hazards presented by hand-held and walk-behind lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable.
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1.1 This European Standard specifies safety and hygiene requirements for the design and manufacture of intermediate provers with powered moving pocket carriers as described in Clause 3 and used in the food industry, pastry-making, bakeries, etc. for giving a resting time to dough between different phases of the process.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to the installation, adjustment, operation, cleaning, maintenance, dismantling, disabling and scrapping of intermediate provers with moving pocket carriers when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
Noise is not considered to be a significant hazard by intermediate provers. This does not mean that the manufacturer of the machine is absolved from reducing noise and making a noise declaration. Therefore a noise test code is proposed in Annex A.
1.2 The following machines are excluded:
- independent automatic loading system not integrated with the machine;
- experimental and testing machines under development by the manufacturer;
- retarder and final proofer.
1.3 This European Standard is not applicable to intermediate provers with moving pocket carriers which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
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ISO 6103:2014 specifies the maximum permissible values of unbalances for bonded abrasive wheels with an outside diameter D ≥ 125 mm and maximum operating speed vs ≥ 16 m/s, in the as-delivered condition. It also specifies the method for measuring the unbalance and the practical method for testing whether a grinding wheel is acceptable or not.
It is applicable to bonded abrasive wheels in the as-delivered condition.
It is not applicable to diamond, cubic boron nitride or natural stone grinding wheels, or to centreless control wheels, lapping and disc wheels, ball wheels or glass grinding wheels.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An EU Directive is a legislative act of the European Union that sets out goals that all EU member states must achieve. However, it is up to each member state to devise their own laws on how to reach these goals through national transposition. Directives are used to harmonize laws across the EU, particularly for the functioning of the single market.
Directive 98/37/EC covers "Machinery". There are 3969 standards associated with this directive.
Harmonized standards under 98/37/EC are European standards (ENs) developed by CEN, CENELEC, or ETSI in response to a mandate from the European Commission. When these standards are cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with them benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of 98/37/EC, facilitating CE marking and free movement within the European Economic Area.