EU: New EN standards for machinery

 

The EU Commission has published a new implementing decision establishing new EN standards for machinery.

EN standards (Europe-wide technical norms) are developed by recognized standardization bodies such as CEN and CENELEC. When these harmonised standards are published in the Official Journal of the EU, manufacturers who follow them gain a presumption of conformity with the regulation’s essential health and safety requirements. That means applying these standards can simplify regulatory compliance and support CE marking.

Under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, the essential health and safety requirements are outlined in Annex III. If machinery or machinery-related products comply with relevant, harmonised EN standards (or parts of them), a presumption of conformity with these essential requirements applies.

The Commission formally requests CEN/CENELEC (or other ESOs) to draft these harmonised standards.

The newly announced standards are:

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Lifts for the transport of goods only – Part 31: Accessible goods only lifts’;

EN 81-41:2024

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Special lifts for the transport of persons and goods – Part 41: Vertical lifting platforms intended for use by persons with impaired mobility’;

EN 81-44:2024

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Special lifts for the transport of persons and goods – Part 44: Lifting appliances in wind turbines’;

EN 1846-2:2024

Firefighting and rescue service vehicles – Part 2: Common requirements – Safety and performance’;

EN 1953:2025

Application equipment for coating materials – Safety requirements’;

EN 12077-2:2024

Cranes safety – Requirements for health and safety – Part 2: Limiting and indicating devices’;

EN 12159:2024

Builders hoists for persons and materials with vertically guided cages’;

EN 12312-4:2024

Aircraft ground support equipment – Specific requirements – Part 4: Passenger boarding bridges’;

EN 12312-5:2021+A1:2025

Aircraft ground support equipment – Specific requirements – Part 5: Aircraft fuelling equipment’;

EN 12621:2025

Machinery for supply and circulation of liquid coating materials – Safety requirements’;

EN 12978:2024

Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates and pedestrian doorsets – Protective devices for power operated doors and gates – Requirements and test methods’;

EN 13684:2018+A1:2024

Garden equipment – Pedestrian controlled lawn aerators and scarifiers – Safety’;

EN 17677:2024

Food processing machinery – Craft bakery and pastry depositors – Safety and hygiene requirements’;

EN 17942:2024

Welding and allied processes – Gas welding equipment – Safety requirements for thermoprocess equipment with open firing oxy-fuel gas welding equipment’;

EN 50059:2025

Hand-held electrostatic application equipment for non-ignitable liquid coating materials – Safety requirements’;

EN 50176:2025

Automatic electrostatic application systems for ignitable liquid coating materials – Safety requirements’.

 

To find out more about EU standards for machinery and EU Machinery Regulation, do not hesitate to contact the Product Compliance Institute.