(84)By including machinery and lifting accessories and chains and ropes in its scope, Directive 2006/42/EC has completely superseded Council Directive 73/361/EEC 20 . Directive 73/361/EEC should therefore be repealed.
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- 20 Council Directive 73/361/EEC of 19 November 1973 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the certification and marking of wire-ropes, chains and hooks ( OJ L 335, 5.12.1973, p. 51 ). ↩