"In this new Focus, EUROGIP analyses the major changes that the new Machinery Regulation would bring for the different economic operators. The current Directive establishes a regulatory framework to ensure the free movement of machinery within the European internal market and a high level of protection for users and other exposed persons. Various impact studies initiated in 2016 with interested parties concluded that the text needed to be improved, simplified and adapted to the needs of the market.

For example, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on machinery and related products on 21 April 2021. By proposing a regulation, it avoids the cumbersome process of transposing a directive. All elements of the new machinery regulation, once adopted, will become mandatory and directly applicable in each EU Member State.

It is important to note that the points mentioned are likely to change between now and the publication of the final version of the regulation. Discussions, which are now taking place at the level of the European Council and the European Parliament, are expected to continue until the second half of 2022."

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