PLATE 09 OF 20
Instructions and information for use.
What instructions must cover, in which language, and how digital instructions are delivered.
Pillar guide
Machinery instructions and digital information: Instructions must describe the actual product and support safe use. The Regulation permits digital delivery subject to specific conditions.
Supporting guides
| Guide | What it covers |
|---|---|
| What instructions must contain | Intended use, limits, precautions, and tasks, written for the machine as supplied, not for a product family in general. |
| Digital instruction conditions in detail | Printable, downloadable, saveable, accessible for the expected lifetime, and paper on request, each as a separate condition. |
| Instructions for non professional users | Essential safety information on paper for machinery intended for, or foreseeably used by, non professional users. |
| Instruction language and legibility | A language easily understood by users as determined by the Member State, in clear, understandable, and legible form. |
| Revising instructions after change | When a change to limits, safety functions, or residual risks requires instructions to be reviewed and reissued. |
| Offline access to instructions | Breakdowns, remote sites, and long lived equipment need instructions that work without a live connection. |
| Warnings in instructions | Warnings that are specific, placed where they matter, and honest about residual risk, instead of generic caution. |
| Instructions as a training reference | Using the instruction manual itself as the training reference: what it can carry, and where hands on practice must take over. |
| Instructions under the current Directive | Directive instructions provisions that still govern machinery placed on the market before the Regulation applies generally. |