EU: New harmonized standards for the Machinery Directive published in the EU Official Journal

 

The EU Commission has published the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/621 of 7 April 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436 as regards harmonised standards for several types of machinery.

The new standards are relevant for truck mixers, cranes and other machinery.

Among the standards newly declared as harmonized standards under the Machinery Directive are for example:

• EN 1501-1:2021 Refuse collection vehicles – General requirements and safety requirements – Part 1: Rear loaded refuse collection vehicles
• EN 1756-1:2021 Tail lifts – Platform lifts for mounting on wheeled vehicles – Safety requirements – Part 1: Tail lifts for goods
• EN 12385-5:2021 Steel wire ropes – Safety – Part 5: Stranded ropes for lifts
• EN 12609:2021 Truck mixers – Safety requirements
• EN 13001-2:2021 Crane safety – General design – Part 2: Load actions
• EN ISO 22868:2021 Forestry and gardening machinery – Noise test code for portable hand-held machines with internal combustion engine – Engineering method (Grade 2 accuracy) (ISO 22868:2021)
• EN IEC 62061:2021 Safety of machinery – Functional safety of safety-related control systems IEC 62061:2021