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The following articles are the most recent articles relating to product legislation. If you would like to discuss any of the following topics in further detail with a technical members of staff, then please contact us on 01564 792349.

September 13, 2017

FREE CE Marking Machinery Seminar – 26/09 at PPMA Show

FREE CE Marking Machinery Seminar – 26/09 at PPMA Show

The PPMA is a UK trade association for suppliers of processing and packaging machinery to the UK market and every year they organise a show offering visitors the chance to see  new machinery in action, find new ideas and solutions and gain access to potential new suppliers. The show also features a series of free seminars […]

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August 25, 2017

Tractors now excluded from the Machinery Directive

Tractors now excluded from the Machinery Directive

One of the exclusions from CE Marking listed within the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) is “agricultural and forestry tractors [only] for the risks covered by [Tractors] Directive 2003/37/EC with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these vehicles” (Article 1 (2) (e)). Hence such tractors in effect required assessment against both Machinery and Tractors Directives. This peculiar […]

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August 2, 2017

New Guidance Available for the Machinery Directive

New Guidance Available for the Machinery Directive

The second edition of the Guide to Application of the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) originally published by the European Commission in June 2010 was amended in July to become edition 2.1. The guide provides useful insight into fulfilling CE Marking obligations for equipment under the scope of the Directive. The Guide has been updated to include […]

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July 13, 2017

When is a manufacturer not a manufacturer?

When is a manufacturer not a manufacturer?

The majority of CE Marking Legislation defines a number of different types of ‘Economic Operators’, one of those being the Manufacturer. The traditional interpretation of a manufacturer is the person or organisation that manufactures the product, however under CE Marking legislation, the term is defined a little differently. Under the New Legislative Framework (NLF), a […]

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June 13, 2017

RED Harmonised Standards Update

RED Harmonised Standards Update

The new Radio Equipment Directive (RED) has now come into force (on the 13th June) requiring manufacturers of equipment featuring radio devices to now declare their products against the new RED! The new Directive has some significant differences between the new RED and the old Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) Directive, but one of […]

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