Machinery Directive
As a leading testing, certification and technical consultancy, TÜV SÜD Product Service offers full support, advice and training on issues relating to product safety and quality.
TÜV SÜD acquires Laidler Associates |
Laidler Associates specialise in taking the stress out of conformity and can assume responsibility for assembling documentation, such as PUWER reports or the Technical File and issuing the Declaration of Conformity for CE Marking projects.
Qualified Laidler engineers travel across the world saving clients time and money by providing up-to-date training and information to all business sectors that require conformity to the many CE Directives and European Standards. The wide range of services include CE Marking For more information about Laidler Associate please click here. |
TÜV SÜD Product Service has acquired Laidler Associates, the UK's leaders in Machinery Safety. Laidler provide advice and assistance for machinery safety legislation and risk assessments, providing solutions on a worldwide basis.
CE Marking is a process that allows manufacturers to declare that their product complies with all applicable European Community Directives. A declaration of conformity, issued by the manufacturer or its authorised representative, allows the product to be marked with the CE mark and offered for sale in the EU. Machinery may not be offered for sale in the EU without CE marking unless it falls within one of the Machinery Directive exclusion categories. CE marking according to the requirements of the Machinery Directive is mandatory for machines offered for sale in the European Union.
The majority of the directives that require CE marking cover the safety of the product. In the case of machinery, the principal directive is the Machinery directive (2006/42/EC). Since many machines contain electrical components or functions, two other directives commonly apply to machinery, namely the Low Voltage Directive and the EMC Directive. Both of these directives contain additional requirements, which must be satisfied before CE marking can be applied.
The CE marking process is often relatively simple, but requires an interpretation of the requirements of the directives applicable to the product to be marked and, in the case of the machinery directive, a risk assessment against the applicable Essential Health and Safety Requirements.
The manufacturer, or their authorised representative in the EU, should declare compliance of the product to the requirements of the applicable directives before placing the CE mark on it and, in so doing, takes legal responsibility for the product. It is therefore important to have some documentary evidence of having interpreted the requirements of the relevant directives and evidence of testing to demonstrate conformity with these requirements.
TÜV Product Service offers a range of services to assist manufacturers or their agents in CE Marking machinery that they are placing on the EU market:
- Advice on which EC Directives apply to your product
- Advice on Declarations of Conformity and application of CE marking to your products
- Interpretation of EC Directive requirements
- Risk assessment, performed at your premises or at our testing facility
- Technical file assessment
- Testing
- Notified Body certification
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