Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on Machinery: Full Text (PDF), Consolidated Version, Chapters, Articles and Annexes

Only the consolidated version shows the text with every change made up to 27 July 2026.

The Regulation has been in force since 19 July 2023 and applies from 20 January 2027.

It is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States (Article 54 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230), so unlike Directive 2006/42/EC it needs no national transposition act. What the EU Machinery Regulation requires and for whom is explained on the home page.

This page sets out the three official texts and what separates them, the structure of 86 recitals, 54 articles in nine chapters and twelve annexes, the Directive counterpart of each annex, and the identifiers of the legislative procedure that produced the text.

Where to Read the Official Text: Original, Corrigendum and Consolidated Version

EUR-Lex holds three official texts of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230: the original published in the Official Journal on 29 June 2023, the corrigendum published on 4 July 2023 with 14 date corrections for all language versions, and the consolidated version 02023R1230-20260727, which merges both with the two amending acts.

Table 1 lists the identifier of each text, its publication date and what it shows.

The OJ L 165 original still carries the uncorrected application dates, so a copy of it is read together with the corrigendum. The 14 corrections in OJ L 169 change dates in Articles 6(9), 6(10), 47(2), 50(2), 51(2), 52(1), 53(1), 53(3) and 54 of the Regulation.

The Commission states that "a corrigendum has been issued to address a clerical error as regards the application dates in the original version" and that the Regulation "applies on a mandatory basis as of 20 January 2027".

Three later corrigenda change single language versions only: the Dutch version (25 March 2025), the German and Slovak versions (1 April 2025) and the Swedish version (14 October 2026).

Reading the Consolidated Version 02023R1230-20260727

The consolidated version 02023R1230-20260727 is the current one as of 12 November 2026, and it marks each change in the text: M1 for Regulation (EU) 2024/2748, M2 for Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 and C1 for the corrigendum. The version date, 27 July 2026, is the day Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 entered into force.

EUR-Lex also lists consolidated versions dated 29 June 2023 and 29 May 2026. Neither contains the changes made by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, so a citation of Article 8, Article 20(10) or Article 47 comes from the current version.

A second source of error is the EUR-Lex summary "Machinery safety requirements" (last updated 12 June 2025), which gives a wrong application date for Article 50(1). Under Article 54, third paragraph, point (b), as corrected, Article 50(1) has applied since 20 October 2026.

What the Current Consolidated Text Adds to the 2023 Original

Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 of 9 October 2024 added Article 3, points (37) and (38), and Chapter IVa (Articles 25a to 25e) on emergency procedures, which have applied since 29 May 2026.

Points (37) and (38) define crisis-relevant goods and the internal market emergency mode. Articles 25b to 25e operate only after a Commission implementing act under Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 during an internal market emergency mode.

Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 of 8 July 2026, in force since 27 July 2026, makes the three changes listed below.

• Article 8, third and fourth paragraphs (added): the Commission adopts delegated acts adding health and safety requirements for high-risk AI systems to Annex III, which "shall apply by 2 August 2028".
• Article 20(10) (added): a tenth paragraph in Article 20, whose paragraph 1 sets the presumption of conformity.
• Article 47(2), (3) and (6) (replaced): the delegation runs for five years from 19 July 2023 and, for Article 8, from 27 July 2026; the objection period is two months, extendable by two months.

Neither amending act amends Annex I, Annex III, Article 6 or Article 25, and as of 12 November 2026 no delegated act exists under Article 6(2), 6(11), 7(2) or Article 8, third paragraph. AI systems acting as safety components are also high-risk under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.

The Commission proposed COM(2025) 504 on 21 May 2025 (procedure 2025/0134(COD)), which would allow EU declarations of conformity and of incorporation to be drawn up in digital format and reached through an internet address or a machine-readable code; it is pending as of 12 November 2026.

Coreper confirmed the text agreed with Parliament negotiators on 26 June 2026, Parliament's IMCO committee approved it on 14 July 2026, and Parliament's first-reading vote is still to come.

How the Text Is Organised: Chapters I to IX, Articles 1 to 54 and Annexes I to XII

Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 consists of 86 recitals, 54 articles in nine chapters (Chapters I to IX), plus Articles 25a to 25e in Chapter IVa inserted by Regulation (EU) 2024/2748, and twelve annexes (Annexes I to XII).

The Article 3 definitions number 38: points 1 to 36 come from the Official Journal text, and points 37 and 38 were added by Regulation (EU) 2024/2748.

The annex numbering differs from that of Directive 2006/42/EC. Annex I of the Regulation lists the high-risk categories, while Annex III of the Regulation holds the essential health and safety requirements.

The Nine Chapters and Chapter IVa

Chapter I sets the general provisions in Articles 1 to 9, and each later chapter covers one block of the Regulation, from the obligations of economic operators in Chapter II to the transitional and final provisions in Chapter IX.

Table 2 gives each chapter's title as worded in the Regulation, its articles and the dates of application under Article 54 as corrected.

Article 54 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 makes most provisions apply from 20 January 2027, while Chapter V (Articles 26 to 42) has applied since 20 January 2024 and Article 50(1) since 20 October 2026.

Article 6(7), Articles 48 and 52 have applied since 19 July 2023, and Article 6(2) to (6), (8) and (11), Article 47 and Article 53(3) since 20 July 2024.

The Twelve Annexes and Their Directive Counterparts

Annex XII of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 is a correlation table, and under Article 51(2) every reference to the repealed Directive 2006/42/EC is read as a reference to the Regulation through that table. Table 3 gives each annex title as worded in the Regulation and the Directive annex that Annex XII pairs with it.

Readers moving from the Directive meet three renumberings first, listed below.

1. High-risk list: Annex IV of Directive 2006/42/EC (23 points) became Annex I of the Regulation, split into Part A (6 points) and Part B (19 points).
2. Essential requirements: Annex I of the Directive became Annex III of the Regulation, where Part A holds nine definitions and Part B the general principles and sections 1 to 6.
3. Technical documentation: Annex VII of the Directive became Annex IV of the Regulation.

Annex X (module G) is the only procedure annex with no Directive counterpart.

The 86 Recitals

The 86 recitals before Article 1 give the reasons for the rules and are cited by number, for example recital 27 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230. Recital 4 explains why a regulation replaced the Directive, and recital 27 records that approximately 98 % of companies in the machinery sector are SMEs.

Recital 49 sets the reading rule for Annex III. It says that the essential health and safety requirements should be applied with discernment, taking account of the state of the art at the time of construction and of technical and economic requirements.

Official Title, Identifiers and Legislative History

The official title is "Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC", adopted under Article 114 TFEU through procedure 2021/0105(COD).

The Commission tabled the proposal COM(2021) 202 on 21 April 2021, and the European Economic and Social Committee gave its opinion in OJ C 517, 22.12.2021, p. 67. Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 18 April 2023 and the Council its decision on 22 May 2023.

The act was signed in Strasbourg on 14 June 2023 as document PE/6/2023/REV/1, published on 29 June 2023 and entered into force on 19 July 2023. Within the Commission, DG GROW is responsible, and under Article 48 a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 assists the Commission.

Article 51(2) repeals Directive 2006/42/EC (CELEX 32006L0042, OJ L 157, 9.6.2006, p. 24) with effect from 20 January 2027, so 19 January 2027 is the Directive's last day. The text and content of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC are covered on its own page.

Article 51(1) repeals Council Directive 73/361/EEC on the certification and marking of wire-ropes, chains and hooks (OJ L 335, 5.12.1973, p. 51).

EUR-Lex also records four partial repeals from the same date: Annex III point 8 of Regulation (EC) No 807/2003, Annex point 1.7 of Regulation (EC) No 596/2009, Article 77 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 and Annex section VII point 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1243.

Pages on the Text, Its Dates and Its Amendments

Five pages go deeper into parts of the legal text: the comparison with the Directive, the timeline, the Article 3 definitions, the amendments and corrigenda, and the case law of the Court of Justice. Table 4 gives the question each page answers and its legal hook in Regulation (EU) 2023/1230.

What Sits Outside the Legal Text

The Regulation's text sets the binding rules, while the Commission's application guides and the harmonised standards that give a presumption of conformity under Article 20(1) are separate documents. How these documents feed into Machinery Regulation compliance is set out step by step.

Is the Commission Guide Part of the Legal Text?

No: the Commission's guides are non-binding, and for the Regulation only a temporary and partial edition (version 1.00) exists as of 12 November 2026, while Edition 2.3 of April 2024 is the current guide to Directive 2006/42/EC. The temporary edition holds sections endorsed by the Expert Group on Machinery through a written procedure ending on 5 November 2026, among them Annex III sections 1.1.9 and 1.2.1(a) and (f) on protection against corruption. Both guides to the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and the Machinery Regulation are described on their own page.

Are Harmonised Standards Part of the Legal Text?

No: a harmonised standard is a European standard adopted on a request from the Commission (Article 3(24) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230), and only the publication of its reference in the Official Journal gives a presumption of conformity under Article 20(1). As of 12 November 2026, no harmonised standard is cited in the Official Journal under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230. The Directive list, Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1586, was last amended by Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2015 of 4 September 2026, which also repeals it with effect from 20 January 2027. What each harmonised standard for machinery covers is listed separately.