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NIST GCR 01-814
A Guide to the EU Machinery Directive

Contents

To Be Considered:
1
Puropose of the Directive on Machinery
3
I. Basic Steps to Compliance
3

A. Determining Whether or Not the Product Has to Comply with the Machinery Directive
3

B. Essential Requirements
6

1. Essential Requirements
7

2. Essential Health And Safety Requirements For Certain Categories Of Machinery
28

3. Essential Health And Safety Requirements To Offset The Particular Hazards Due To The Mobility Of Machinery
31

4. Essential Health And Safety Requirements To Offset The Particular Hazards Due To A Lifting Operation
40

5. Essential Health And Safety Requirements For Machinery Intended for Underground Work
50

6. Essential Health and Safety Requirements To
Offset The Particular Hazards Due To The Lifting
Or Moving of Persons
51
ANNEX II DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
53
ANNEX III CE MARKING
56
ANNEX IV TYPES OF MACHINERY AND SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR WHICH THE PROCEDURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 8(2)
56

ANNEX V EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
59
ANNEC VI EC TYPE EXAMINATION
59
Text of the Directive on Machinery 99/37/EC
Machinery Harmonized Standards *

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A Guide to the EU Machinery Directive

Date Created: 07/18/01
Last Modified: 07/18/01

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