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CE Marking for Machinery,
Ready for the 2027 Regulation
We help US machinery builders place equipment on the EU market — the risk assessment and technical file the Machinery Directive requires today, and a clear plan for the new Machinery Regulation, which becomes mandatory on 20 January 2027 and removes self-certification for part of the scope.
- A division of Liberty Management Group Ltd — established 2009
- Aurora, IL · Greater Chicago
- Submission-ready documentation
- On-time delivery
Two Regimes, One Deadline
What applies today
Machinery placed on the EU market today is CE marked under Directive 2006/42/EC. Most machines carry more than that: control panels bring the Low Voltage and EMC Directives, anything wireless brings the Radio Equipment Directive, equipment for explosive atmospheres brings ATEX, and pressure vessels and piping bring the Pressure Equipment Directive. Getting that list right at the start is what keeps the project from being rebuilt halfway through.
- Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC — in force until January 2027
- Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU for electrical equipment
- EMC Directive 2014/30/EU
- Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU for connected machines
- ATEX 2014/34/EU for explosive atmospheres
- Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU
What changes on 20 January 2027
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 replaces the Machinery Directive on 20 January 2027. Because it is a regulation rather than a directive it applies directly in every Member State, with no national transposition. The change that matters commercially is in Annex I: machinery listed in Part A now requires a notified body, and the option to self-certify by fully applying harmonised standards is gone for those categories.
- Directive and standard mapping for the machine as built
- Risk assessment and technical file to Annex VII
- Instructions, markings and the EU Declaration of Conformity
- Annex I Part A review — whether a notified body is now required
- Cybersecurity and safety-function requirements for connected machines
- EU authorised representative appointment
Can we still self-certify?
Today, usually yes — most machinery is self-certified by applying the harmonised standards in full and compiling the technical file. From 20 January 2027 that depends on where your machine sits in the restructured Annex I. Part A categories lose the self-certification route and require notified body involvement; everything else continues much as now, with new essential requirements covering cybersecurity of safety functions, autonomous and evolving behaviour, and digitally connected machinery. Two other things catch US builders out: substantial modification of a machine already in service can make the modifier the new manufacturer, and you cannot place machinery on the EU market at all without an EU-established responsible person — that has applied to machinery since 2021 and is not satisfied by a US address. Send us the machine description and we will tell you which side of the line it falls on.
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