Machinery Regulation·Article 23
General principles of the CE marking
Applies from January 20, 2027· Art. 54(2)
The CE marking shall be subject to the general principles set out in Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.
Articles / Annexes↓
Chapter I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 1Subject matter
- 2Scope
- 3Definitions
- 4Free movement
- 5Protection of persons during installation or use of machinery or related products
- 6Categories of machinery and related products listed in Annex I subject to relevant conformity assessment procedures
- 7Safety components
- 8Essential health and safety requirements for products within the scope of this Regulation
- 9Specific Union harmonisation legislation
Chapter II — OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS
- 10Obligations of manufacturers of machinery and related products
- 11Obligations of manufacturers of partly completed machinery
- 12Authorised representatives
- 13Obligations of importers of machinery and related products
- 14Obligations of importers of partly completed machinery
- 15Obligations of distributors of machinery and related products
- 16Obligations of distributors of partly completed machinery
- 17Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors
- 18Other cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply
- 19Identification of economic operators
Chapter III — CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS REGULATION
- 20Presumption of conformity of products within the scope of this Regulation
- 21EU declaration of conformity of machinery and related products
- 22EU declaration of incorporation of partly completed machinery
- 23General principles of the CE marking
- 24Rules for affixing the CE marking to machinery and related products
Chapter IV — CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT
Chapter V — NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES
- 26Notification
- 27Notifying authorities
- 28Requirements relating to notifying authorities
- 29Information obligation of notifying authorities
- 30Requirements relating to notified bodies
- 31Presumption of conformity of notified bodies
- 32Use of subcontractors and subsidiaries by notified bodies
- 33Application for notification
- 34Notification procedure
- 35Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies
- 36Changes to notifications
- 37Challenge of the competence of notified bodies
- 38Operational obligations of notified bodies
- 39Appeals against decisions of notified bodies
- 40Information obligation of notified bodies
- 41Exchange of experience
- 42Coordination of notified bodies
Chapter VI — UNION MARKET SURVEILLANCE AND UNION SAFEGUARD PROCEDURES
Chapter VII — DELEGATED POWERS AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE
Chapter VIII — CONFIDENTIALITY AND PENALTIES
Chapter IX — TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Annexes
- ICATEGORIES OF MACHINERY OR RELATED PRODUCTS TO WHICH ONE OF THE PROCEDURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 25(2) AND (3) SHALL BE APPLIED
- IIINDICATIVE LIST OF SAFETY COMPONENTS
- IIIESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINERY OR RELATED PRODUCTS
- IVTechnical documentation
- VEU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY AND EU DECLARATION OF INCORPORATION
- VIINTERNAL PRODUCTION CONTROL — (Module A)
- VIIEU TYPE-EXAMINATION — (Module B)
- VIIICONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON INTERNAL PRODUCTION CONTROL — (Module C)
- IXCONFORMITY BASED ON FULL QUALITY ASSURANCE — (Module H)
- XCONFORMITY BASED ON UNIT VERIFICATION — (Module G)
- XIASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTLY COMPLETED MACHINERY
- XIICORRELATION TABLE