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EU Machinery Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1230)
The EU Machinery Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1230), adopted 14 June 2023, entered into force July 2023, applying from 20 January 2027 (replacing the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC). It governs machinery safety (CE marking, essential health and safety requirements) and expressly covers autonomous mobile machinery and collaborative robots, with new Annex III requirements on AI, cybersecurity, and human-robot collaboration; Annex I Part A (toughest, mandatory third-party type-examination) includes safety components with self-evolving machine-learning behaviour. SCOPE: humanoid and industrial robots/cobots are IN scope as machinery; road motor vehicles are EXCLUDED (Art. 2(2)(g) - they fall under separate type-approval, Reg (EU) 2018/858); drones/UAS sit under the EASA framework, not the Machinery Regulation. (formFactors=['humanoid'] for current registry state - the humanoid robots it governs; expand to other in-scope robot categories as they are added.)
Jurisdiction: European Union · Effective 2023-07-19
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Sources (5)
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj/eng
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/2023-06-29/eng
- https://osha.europa.eu/en/legislation/directive/regulation-20231230eu-machinery
- https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/insight/publications/resources/product-risk-radar-articles/machinery-regulation
- https://www.tuv.com/world/en/new-machinery-regulation-eu-2023-1230.html
Status history
- In effect · 2023-07-19 · editor:DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 5c-1 EU/Europe regs)
EU Machinery Regulation (Reg (EU) 2023/1230) in force since 2023; applies from 20 Jan 2027 (replacing 2006/42/EC). Covers robots/cobots; road vehicles excluded.
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