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Manufacturers responsibilities
Manufacturers placing machines on the market within the European Economic Area must
comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive. Note that placing on the market
includes an organisation supplying a machine to itself, i.e. building or modifying machines
for its own use, or importing machines into the EEA.
Users responsibilities
Users of machines need to ensure that newly-purchased machines are CE marked, and
accompanied by a Declaration of Conformity to the Machinery Directive. Machines must be
used in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.
Existing machines taken into service before the Machinery Directive came into force do
not need to comply, although they need to comply with PUWER and be safe and t for
purpose.
Modication of machines can be considered as manufacture of a new machine, even if for
use in-house, and the company modifying a machine needs to be aware that it might need
to issue a Declaration of Conformity and CE marking.