machinery
Defined in Article 3, Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
Definitions over time (2)
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For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
‘machinery’ means: an assembly, fitted with or intended to be fitted with a drive system other than directly applied human or animal effort, consisting of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, and which are joined together for a specific application; an assembly referred to in point (a), missing only the components to connect it on site or to sources of energy and motion; an assembly referred to points (a) and (b), ready to be installed and able to function as it stands only if mounted on a means of transport, or installed in a building or a structure; assemblies of machinery referred to in points (a), (b) and (c), or of partly completed machinery, which, in order to achieve the same end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as an integral whole; an assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, and which are joined together, intended for lifting loads and whose only power source is directly applied human effort; an assembly as referred to in points (a) to (e) missing only the uploading of the software intended for the specific application foreseen by the manufacturer;
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29/06/2023 – 19/07/2023 Article 3, Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 Scope: Whole act
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
‘machinery’ means: an assembly, fitted with or intended to be fitted with a drive system other than directly applied human or animal effort, consisting of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, and which are joined together for a specific application; an assembly referred to in point (a), missing only the components to connect it on site or to sources of energy and motion; an assembly referred to points (a) and (b), ready to be installed and able to function as it stands only if mounted on a means of transport, or installed in a building or a structure; assemblies of machinery referred to in points (a), (b) and (c), or of partly completed machinery, which, in order to achieve the same end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as an integral whole; an assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, and which are joined together, intended for lifting loads and whose only power source is directly applied human effort; an assembly as referred to in points (a) to (e) missing only the uploading of the software intended for the specific application foreseen by the manufacturer;
Earlier definition records in this act (1)
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Used in (1003 places in 77 provisions on 12/11/2026)
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 (1003 in 77)
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