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This means that all machinery products are covered by the
Machinery Directive unless excluded by chapter 3 of Article
1. However, "at least one of which moves" means
that static assemblies such as shelving, racking etc. are
excluded.
Even though the directive says "linked together",
machinery which is sold in dismantled form for the ease
of transport has to comply with the Directive, too. Moreover,
machinery where the risks are mainly of electrical origin
is excluded by chapter 5 of Article 1. Such machinery is
covered by the Low Voltage Directive.
As for other Directives, the Machinery Directive applies
for products which are placed on the EU market for the first
time. This definition means that used machines shall comply
with the directive if they are imported from a non-EU member
state. Machines that have already been in service in the
EU prior mandatory date of the Directive do not need to
comply.
The Machinery Directive makes a clear distinction between
"ordinary machines" and machines considered being
particularly dangerous (Annex IV-machines). As for both
machine types different conformity assessment
procedures are specified, it is important to find out
whether the machine is within the scope of Article IV.
Depending on the type of machinery and the components,
there are other directives beside the Machinery Directive
that may be applied to the product. Some of them are the
EMC Directive, the Low
Voltage Directive and the Simple
Pressure Vessel Directive, Pressure
Equipment Directive (97/23/EC).
There are numerous harmonized standards that allow the
presumption of conformity with the Directive. These standards
are published in the Official Journal of the EU and identified
as EN. Many are based on IEC standards. They are broken
down into
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