Contact: Machinery Regulation Guide

The site explains Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, which applies from 20 January 2027, and Directive 2006/42/EC, which applies until 19 January 2027, so every page starts from the EU Machinery Regulation and its predecessor.

Writing to the Editorial Team

The Machinery Regulation Guide Editorial Team reads messages sent to editorial@machineryregulation.net about the content of the site: corrections, unclear passages and questions about which article, annex or standard a statement rests on.

Three items, listed below, make a message easy to act on; please write in English.

• the URL of the page concerned;
• the sentence concerned;
• the primary source, where you have one: the act and article, or the official document and its date.

Sending a Correction with Its Source

A correction is most useful when it names the official source that shows the error: EUR-Lex or the Official Journal, the Commission machinery pages, NANDO, the ISO, IEC or CEN catalogue, or a national gazette. How each value is checked against these sources is set out under methodology and fact-checking.

A page changes only when the named primary source confirms the correction; a secondary article, vendor page or forum post alone never does. Standards are described from their catalogue entry and never reproduced, so a correction never needs to quote the text of a standard.

Requests for Service Providers

Service requests do not go to the editorial address: a reader who needs a machinery safety consultant, a CE coordinator, a test lab or notified body, risk-assessment or documentation software, a technical writer or training uses the provider match instead.

The site names, ranks and recommends none of these providers. The form sits with the Machinery Regulation compliance steps.

What the Editorial Team Cannot Do

The editorial team gives no legal advice and makes no conformity decision: it never tells a named company that its product is or is not in scope, in Annex I or compliant. Under Article 25(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, the manufacturer applies the conformity assessment procedure, with a notified body where the route requires one.

The site issues no certificate and reviews no technical file, contract or dispute. The Commission's machinery page states, as of 12 November 2026, that voluntary or other additional certificates are not a recognised means to prove compliance and have no value in checks by market surveillance authorities or customs.

Questions for Authorities and the Commission

Compliance questions on a specific machine go to the relevant national market surveillance authority, and the Commission's machinery page gives generic guidance only (as of 12 November 2026). The Commission states this on its machinery page.

Article 3(31) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 defines a market surveillance authority by reference to Article 3(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, and each Member State designates its authorities under Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. Their powers are explained under market surveillance of machinery.

Who Publishes This Site

Machinery Regulation Guide is published by machineryregulation.net as an independent, provider-neutral reference on EU machinery law, written by the Machinery Regulation Guide Editorial Team. You can read more about Machinery Regulation Guide.

How Your Message Is Handled

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