PLATE INDEX / 20 PLATES / 217 GUIDES
The plate index.
Each plate is a cluster with one pillar guide and its supporting guides. Start with the pillar, then follow the supporting guides in the order that fits your machine, not in file order.
| Plate | Name | Guides | Pillar guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Framework and transition How the EU machinery framework fits together, and how the 2027 changeover is handled. | 12 | EU machinery law: the working framework |
| 02 | Scope and classification What counts as machinery, a related product, or partly completed machinery, and what falls outside scope. | 11 | Machinery scope and product definitions |
| 03 | Risk assessment How hazards are identified, risks are evaluated, and protective measures are chosen and verified. | 12 | Machinery risk assessment: from hazard to evidence |
| 04 | Technical documentation What the technical file must contain, how it is organised, and how it is kept aligned with change. | 11 | Machinery technical file: anatomy of the evidence |
| 05 | Conformity assessment Which assessment route applies, and what each route requires from the manufacturer and any notified body. | 13 | Machinery conformity assessment: choosing the route |
| 06 | Economic operators Who carries which obligations in the supply chain, and when a role changes. | 10 | Manufacturer, importer and distributor: who does what? |
| 07 | Substantial modification When a change to machinery already placed on the market creates new manufacturer obligations. | 9 | Substantial modification: review the change, not its label |
| 08 | CE marking and declarations What marking and declarations say, what they must contain, and how digital delivery works. | 11 | CE marking and machinery declarations |
| 09 | Instructions and information for use What instructions must cover, in which language, and how digital instructions are delivered. | 10 | Machinery instructions and digital information |
| 10 | Essential health and safety requirements The Annex III requirements in the Regulation, and how they map to design decisions. | 12 | Essential health and safety requirements, overview |
| 11 | Safeguarding and protective measures Guards, protective devices, and other measures that keep people away from hazards. | 12 | Safeguarding, overview |
| 12 | Control systems and functional safety Safety related control functions, stopping, starting, and failure behaviour. | 10 | Safety related control systems, overview |
| 13 | Annex I categories The machinery categories listed in Annex I, and what listing changes about the assessment route. | 12 | Annex I categories, overview |
| 14 | Standards, specifications and notified bodies Harmonised standards, common specifications, and the role of notified bodies. | 9 | Harmonised standards, overview |
| 15 | Market surveillance and corrective action What happens when a product is checked, found wanting, or needs corrective action. | 10 | Market surveillance, overview |
| 16 | Use, installation and maintenance The workplace side: installation, putting into service, inspection, and maintenance over the machine life. | 11 | Installation and putting into service |
| 17 | Digital machinery, software and connected functions Software, digital delivery, data, and machine behaviour that changes after placement. | 12 | Software in machinery, overview |
| 18 | Sector applications How the same framework plays out for particular kinds of machinery, without inventing sector rules. | 10 | Lifting machinery in practice |
| 19 | Other regimes, kept separate The United Kingdom and other markets, each labelled and never blended with EU rules. | 11 | United Kingdom machinery rules, overview |
| 20 | Project practice and evidence management Running conformity work as a project: registers, supplier evidence, audits, and change control. | 9 | Planning a conformity project |
Independent educational information. These guides do not provide legal advice, certification, or a finding that any machinery is compliant.