Agreement reached on EU Machinery Regulation

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The European Parliament and the European Council have reached a political agreement on new rules to ensure the safety of machinery and robots.

The new Machinery Regulations aims to:

  • Ensure that machines are safe and increase users' trust in new technologies
  • Reduce administrative burden and costs for manufacturers
  • Foster legal certainty
  • Establish more effective market surveillance

As a next stept, the European Parliament and the Council will have to formally adopt the new regulation. It will enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the EU. It will apply 42 months after the date of its entry into force.

Press release by the European Commission