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Other regimes, kept separate.

The United Kingdom and other markets, each labelled and never blended with EU rules.

PILLAR United Kingdom machinery rules, overviewGUIDES 11REVIEWED 27 October 2026

Pillar guide

United Kingdom machinery rules, overview: The UK regime as a separate market, with its own marking and requirements, never blended with EU rules.

Supporting guides

GuideWhat it covers
UK and EU rules compared, kept separateA comparison that labels each rule by regime, so no rule is accidentally applied to the wrong market.
UKCA marking in briefUKCA marking as a market requirement, checked against UK official sources for the product in question.
United States machinery safety, overviewThe United States as a separate market, with standards and workplace rules that differ from EU product law.
International standards and machineryISO and IEC standards as a shared technical language, distinct from any single market legal requirement.
Planning for several marketsA market by market plan that keeps each regime assessment separate, with its own file and marking.
Importing machinery from a third countryThird country manufacture, EU importer duties, and the checks that sit between them.
Determining the market of supplyHow the destination market is determined, and why it must be decided before assessment starts.
When a product moves marketsA product first supplied to one market and later to another needs a new assessment for the new market.
Official sources by regimeFinding the official text for each regime, and why a summary for one regime must not be used for another.
Scope note: regimes on this siteThis site core is EU machinery law. Other regimes appear only in this cluster, labelled, and never blended.

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