--- title: "Machinery vs RED comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/machinery-vs-red" source_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/machinery-vs-red" author: "Sorena AI" description: "Compare EU Machinery Regulation and Radio Equipment Directive boundaries for machinery safety, radio equipment scope, CE documentation, and shared evidence." published_at: "2026-05-09" updated_at: "2026-05-09" keywords: - "EU Machinery Regulation" - "Radio Equipment Directive" - "Machinery vs RED" - "CE marking" - "technical documentation" --- **[SORENA](https://www.sorena.io/)** - AI-Powered GRC Platform [Home](https://www.sorena.io/) | [Solutions](https://www.sorena.io/solutions) | [Artifacts](https://www.sorena.io/artifacts) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) | [Contact](https://www.sorena.io/contact) | [Portal](https://app.sorena.io) --- # Machinery vs RED comparison Compare EU Machinery Regulation and Radio Equipment Directive boundaries for machinery safety, radio equipment scope, CE documentation, and shared evidence. *Side-by-side* *EU* ## Machinery vs RED comparison Use this comparison when a machine, related product, control unit, or connected component may raise both machinery-safety and radio-equipment questions. The practical split is the risk boundary: Machinery Regulation evidence covers the machine and its essential health and safety requirements, while RED work is considered where radio equipment legislation applies to the radio-enabled element. Machinery and RED can sit on the same product file, but they do not ask the same question. Start with the Machinery Regulation scope for machinery, related products, and partly completed machinery; then check whether a radio-enabled element is also covered by radio equipment legislation and whether that legislation covers a specific risk more directly. ## Machinery vs RED: side-by-side comparison A grounded comparison for radio-enabled machinery: keep machinery safety/EHSR work separate from RED-side radio-equipment scope and evidence. - **Machinery Regulation**: Use this side for products within Regulation (EU) 2023/1230: machinery, related products, and partly completed machinery, including the EHSR, technical documentation, conformity assessment, instructions, declaration, and CE marking file. - **Radio Equipment Directive**: Use this side only where the same product file includes a radio-equipment question under Directive 2014/53/EU; the available machinery grounding supports the boundary, not a full RED requirements checklist. | Dimension | Machinery Regulation | Radio Equipment Directive | Operational implication | Sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Scope boundary | Machinery covers machinery, listed related products, and partly completed machinery. The Machinery Regulation also contains exclusions for specified electrical and electronic products when they fall within Directive 2014/35/EU or Directive 2014/53/EU. | RED is the radio-equipment side of the file. The grounding data supports identifying 2014/53/EU as Radio equipment legislation and as an active EU conformity-assessment legislation entry. | Decide first whether the item is the complete machine, a related product, or the wireless element that may fall under 2014/53/EU. That tells you which file must lead. | [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU.
[Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. | | Covered actors | Machinery evidence should show how the machine or related product meets applicable essential health and safety requirements, including risks created by control systems or components that affect the safe operation of the machine. | The RED workstream should stay limited to the radio-equipment question and any radio/EMC/safety evidence available for that element; do not use the machinery file to invent unsupported RED requirements. | If the radio part helps the machine work safely, keep the machinery hazard map as the lead record and attach the radio evidence underneath it. | [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds EHSR, technical documentation, conformity assessment, and machinery safety evidence.
[European Commission machinery sector page](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/mechanical-engineering/machinery_en?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Commission context for machinery EHSRs, standards, and conformity-assessment resources. | | Trigger | For machinery or related products, the manufacturer file should include the risk assessment, EHSR matrix, technical documentation, instructions, conformity assessment route, EU declaration of conformity, and CE marking review. | For the radio-equipment side, keep supplier/module declarations, test records, and identification evidence with clear labels showing whether they support the module, the final machine, or both. | Start the file with the law that controls the main product boundary, then add the other regime only for the records that really support the radio-enabled part. | [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds technical documentation, EU declaration, CE marking, instructions, and evidence-retention concepts for machinery. | | Core obligations | Machinery remains the controlling workstream for machinery hazards and EHSRs unless a more specific EU law covers the relevant risk for the relevant product boundary. | RED may govern where the radio-enabled element falls within radio-equipment legislation or where the Machinery Regulation's electrical/electronic exclusion points the product out of machinery scope to Directive 2014/53/EU. | Use Machinery first for the machine's safety file, then open RED for the wireless element only if the radio equipment law applies to that element. | [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the Machinery Regulation scope boundary and its reference to Directive 2014/53/EU for certain electrical and electronic products.
[Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds 2014/53/EU Radio equipment as active EU conformity-assessment legislation. | | Evidence record | Machinery covers machinery, listed related products, and partly completed machinery. The Machinery Regulation also contains exclusions for specified electrical and electronic products when they fall within Directive 2014/35/EU or Directive 2014/53/EU. | RED is the radio-equipment side of the file. The grounding data supports identifying 2014/53/EU as Radio equipment legislation and as an active EU conformity-assessment legislation entry. | Tag the evidence by product boundary: machine file for the machinery item, radio file for the wireless module or radio equipment, and only shared records where both laws are actually supported. | [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU.
[Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. | | Timing and deadlines | Machinery covers machinery, listed related products, and partly completed machinery. The Machinery Regulation also contains exclusions for specified electrical and electronic products when they fall within Directive 2014/35/EU or Directive 2014/53/EU. | RED is the radio-equipment side of the file. The grounding data supports identifying 2014/53/EU as Radio equipment legislation and as an active EU conformity-assessment legislation entry. | Do not treat timing as a generic shared deadline. Put the machine on the Machinery timeline, and only add a RED timeline if the radio equipment scope actually applies. | [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU.
[Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. | | Enforcement | Machinery covers machinery, listed related products, and partly completed machinery. The Machinery Regulation also contains exclusions for specified electrical and electronic products when they fall within Directive 2014/35/EU or Directive 2014/53/EU. | RED is the radio-equipment side of the file. The grounding data supports identifying 2014/53/EU as Radio equipment legislation and as an active EU conformity-assessment legislation entry. | Answer the enforcement question by asking which authority would review the relevant product boundary and evidence package. That is usually the machinery file for the machine and the radio file for the module. | [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU.
[Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. | | Overlap and reuse | Machinery covers machinery, listed related products, and partly completed machinery. The Machinery Regulation also contains exclusions for specified electrical and electronic products when they fall within Directive 2014/35/EU or Directive 2014/53/EU. | RED is the radio-equipment side of the file. The grounding data supports identifying 2014/53/EU as Radio equipment legislation and as an active EU conformity-assessment legislation entry. | Reuse only the records that stay true when the product boundary changes; a module test report can support the machine file, but only for the radio claim it actually covers. | [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU.
[Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. | | Practical decision rule | Machinery covers machinery, listed related products, and partly completed machinery. The Machinery Regulation also contains exclusions for specified electrical and electronic products when they fall within Directive 2014/35/EU or Directive 2014/53/EU. | RED is the radio-equipment side of the file. The grounding data supports identifying 2014/53/EU as Radio equipment legislation and as an active EU conformity-assessment legislation entry. | Lead with Machinery when the question is machine safety, and lead with RED when the question is the radio-enabled item itself. If both are in play, keep the two scopes separate and only share evidence by reference. | [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU.
[Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. | Sources for Scope boundary: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU. - Quote: "Directive 2014/53/EU" - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. - Quote: "2014/53/EU Radio equipment" Sources for Covered actors: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds EHSR, technical documentation, conformity assessment, and machinery safety evidence. - Quote: "essential health and safety requirements" - [European Commission machinery sector page](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/mechanical-engineering/machinery_en?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Commission context for machinery EHSRs, standards, and conformity-assessment resources. - Quote: "harmonised standards" Sources for Trigger: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds technical documentation, EU declaration, CE marking, instructions, and evidence-retention concepts for machinery. - Quote: "EU declaration of conformity" Sources for Core obligations: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the Machinery Regulation scope boundary and its reference to Directive 2014/53/EU for certain electrical and electronic products. - Quote: "Directive 2014/53/EU" - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds 2014/53/EU Radio equipment as active EU conformity-assessment legislation. - Quote: "2014/53/EU Radio equipment" Sources for Evidence record: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU. - Quote: "Directive 2014/53/EU" - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. - Quote: "2014/53/EU Radio equipment" Sources for Timing and deadlines: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU. - Quote: "Directive 2014/53/EU" - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. - Quote: "2014/53/EU Radio equipment" Sources for Enforcement: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU. - Quote: "Directive 2014/53/EU" - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. - Quote: "2014/53/EU Radio equipment" Sources for Overlap and reuse: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU. - Quote: "Directive 2014/53/EU" - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. - Quote: "2014/53/EU Radio equipment" Sources for Practical decision rule: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope and the exclusion reference to Directive 2014/53/EU. - Quote: "Directive 2014/53/EU" - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. - Quote: "2014/53/EU Radio equipment" ### Decision rule for radio-enabled machinery - Start with Machinery when the main question is whether the complete machine, related product, or partly completed machinery meets the Machinery Regulation's safety and documentation requirements. - Start with RED only for the wireless element when the product boundary itself creates a radio-equipment question under 2014/53/EU. - If both apply, keep the machine file and the radio-equipment file separate and reuse records only when the document clearly states which law, boundary, and claim it supports. Sources for the practical decision rule: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope, EHSRs, documentation, declaration, CE marking, and the RED-related scope boundary. - Quote: "technical documentation" - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the RED-side legislation label used in this comparison. - Quote: "2014/53/EU Radio equipment" ## Where the comparison starts Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applies to machinery, listed related products, and partly completed machinery. Its manufacturer evidence is built around design and construction against the applicable essential health and safety requirements, conformity assessment, technical documentation, instructions, EU declaration of conformity, and CE marking. The RED side should be opened only for the radio-equipment question. The machinery grounding data identifies Directive 2014/53/EU as radio equipment legislation and shows radio equipment among active EU conformity-assessment legislation, but it does not support a detailed RED requirements table beyond that boundary. - Use the Machinery column for machine hazards, EHSR mapping, instructions, technical documentation, and machinery CE conformity. - Use the RED column where the product or embedded module creates a radio-equipment scope question. - Do not treat a CE mark, supplier declaration, wireless module certificate, or test report as automatically covering both regimes unless the evidence states which law and risk it supports. Sources for this answer: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope, EHSRs, technical documentation, EU declaration, and CE marking. - [European Commission machinery sector page](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/mechanical-engineering/machinery_en?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the Commission's machinery overview, including machinery scope, harmonised standards, CE evidence context, and notified-body references. - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the presence of active EU conformity-assessment legislation entries for Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery and 2014/53/EU Radio equipment. *Recommended next step* *Placement: after implementation section* ## Review the machinery and radio-equipment boundary Use the comparison to separate machinery EHSR evidence from radio-equipment scope and declaration evidence before release, supplier approval, or customer documentation review. - [Open Research Copilot](/solutions/research-copilot.md): Check Machinery Regulation scope, evidence, and source support with cited outputs. - [Talk through implementation](/contact.md): Review your product boundary, supplier evidence, and declaration package. ## How to keep the evidence clean Keep a single evidence index if that is operationally easier, but tag each record by the law, hazard, product boundary, and conformity step it supports. A machinery risk assessment or EHSR matrix should not be relabelled as RED evidence unless it actually addresses the RED-side radio-equipment issue. For a radio-enabled machine, the clean file usually has a machinery risk assessment and EHSR matrix for the complete machine, supplier and module records for the radio-enabled part, a standards list that identifies which standards support which claim, and a declaration package that does not hide the separate legal bases. - Record whether the wireless element is a component inside the machinery, a safety component, partly completed machinery, or a separate radio-equipment item. - For machinery evidence, keep the EHSR matrix, risk assessment, instructions, technical documentation, conformity assessment route, EU declaration, and CE marking review together. - For RED-sensitive evidence, keep supplier declarations, module identification, radio/EMC/safety test evidence where available, and a note explaining whether the evidence belongs to the module, the complete product, or both. Sources for this answer: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds machinery technical documentation, instructions, EU declaration, CE marking, and market-surveillance access to conformity evidence. - [European Commission machinery sector page](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/mechanical-engineering/machinery_en?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the Commission's practical machinery-sector context for standards, notified bodies, market surveillance, and CE-related information. ## When both workstreams may be needed Run both workstreams when the product is machinery or a related product and the wireless element creates a separate radio-equipment question. The Machinery Regulation itself excludes some electrical and electronic products where they fall within Directive 2014/35/EU or Directive 2014/53/EU, and Article 9 keeps a product-law risk boundary: where more specific Union harmonisation legislation wholly or partly covers an EHSR risk, the Machinery Regulation does not apply to that product to the extent the more specific law covers that risk. That means the comparison should not end with a label. It should end with a boundary decision: which physical item is being assessed, which hazards belong to machinery EHSRs, which radio/EMC/safety claims are handled under radio-equipment work, and which documents can be reused without overstating their coverage. - If the wireless function is part of a safety function, keep the machinery safety analysis explicit before relying on radio-module evidence. - If the radio-enabled part is independently supplied, record whether it is being assessed as a component, safety component, partly completed machinery, or separate radio equipment. - If the same declaration package is used, make sure each legal basis and evidence source remains visible. Sources for this answer: - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the machinery scope exclusions that refer to Directive 2014/53/EU and the machinery requirements for products that remain in scope. - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the active listing of 2014/53/EU Radio equipment alongside machinery legislation in the EU conformity-assessment legislation directory. ## Primary sources - [Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1230/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Machinery Regulation scope, EHSRs, documentation, declaration, CE marking, and the RED-related scope boundary. - Quote: "technical documentation" - [European Commission machinery sector page](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/mechanical-engineering/machinery_en?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds Commission context for machinery EHSRs, standards, and conformity-assessment resources. - Quote: "harmonised standards" - [Single Market Compliance Space legislation search](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/notified-bodies/by-legislation?ref=sorena.io) - Grounds the RED-side legislation label used in this comparison. - Quote: "2014/53/EU Radio equipment" ## Related Topic Guides - [Declaration of Conformity vs Declaration of Incorporation | Machinery Regulation FAQ](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/faq/doc-and-doi.md): FAQ on when machinery needs an EU Declaration of Conformity and when partly completed machinery needs an EU Declaration of Incorporation under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230. - [Directive 2006/42/EC to Machinery Regulation transition](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/transition-from-directive-2006-42-ec.md): Transition guide for moving EU machinery files from Directive 2006/42/EC to Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, focused on the 20 January 2027 changeover, pipeline products, declarations, standards, technical documentation, software, cybersecurity, and digital instructions. - 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[How to map Annex III EHSRs under the EU Machinery Regulation | Machinery Regulation FAQ](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/faq/annex-iii-ehsr.md): FAQ on mapping Annex III essential health and safety requirements to hazards, risk reduction, software controls, technical documentation, and Annex I classification under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230. - [Machinery CE documentation template for Regulation (EU) 2023/1230](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/machinery-ce-documentation-template.md): Template fields for Machinery Regulation CE documentation: product identity, scope, EHSR risk assessment, standards, tests, instructions, EU declaration, CE marking, notified body route, software, cyber, and substantial modification checks. - [Machinery Regulation and EU AI Act overlap for AI-enabled safety functions](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/faq/ai-act-overlap.md): FAQ on Machinery Regulation overlap with the EU AI Act for self-evolving or machine-learning safety functions, Annex I categories, standards work, and technical documentation boundaries. - [Machinery Regulation Annex I conformity route workflow](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/annex-i-route-workflow.md): Classify machinery against Annex I Part A and Part B, choose the Article 25 conformity assessment route, and assemble the technical evidence file. - [Machinery Regulation Annex I high-risk categories](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/annex-i-and-high-risk-machinery.md): Explain what Annex I does under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, which listed machinery categories trigger special conformity routes, and what evidence to keep. - [Machinery Regulation category and scope checks](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/category-and-scope-workflow.md): Check whether a product is machinery, a related product, partly completed machinery, a safety component, excluded from scope, or listed in Annex I under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230. - [Machinery Regulation conformity assessment and CE marking](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/conformity-assessment-and-ce.md): EU Machinery Regulation guide to Article 25 conformity assessment routes, Annex I machinery categories, technical documentation, EU declarations, CE marking, and instructions. - [Machinery Regulation cybersecurity evidence FAQ](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/faq/cybersecurity.md): What cybersecurity evidence connected or software-enabled machinery should keep for protection against corruption, safety-related control systems, and machinery risk assessment. - [Machinery Regulation digital instructions](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/digital-instructions.md): EU Machinery Regulation guide to digital instructions for use: access marking, print and download access, paper copies, non-professional safety information, languages, and records. - [Machinery Regulation penalties and enforcement](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/penalties-and-fines.md): EU Machinery Regulation enforcement guide covering Member State penalty rules, corrective action, market surveillance powers, and cross-border authority cooperation. - [Machinery Regulation related products scope guide](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/related-products.md): Classify EU Machinery Regulation related products, including interchangeable equipment, safety components, lifting accessories, lifting chains, ropes, webbing, and removable transmission devices. - [Machinery Regulation software and cybersecurity considerations](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/software-and-cybersecurity-considerations.md): How Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 treats safety-related software, control systems, corruption protection, technical documentation, and cyber-safety risk evidence. - [Machinery Regulation Technical Documentation and Technical File](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/technical-documentation-and-technical-file.md): What to keep in the EU Machinery Regulation technical file: product identification, risk assessment, EHSR mapping, standards, tests, instructions, declarations, software evidence, retention, and notified-body records. - [Machinery Regulation technical file acceptance workflow](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/technical-file-acceptance-workflow.md): Release-gate workflow for accepting an EU Machinery Regulation technical file: scope, EHSR risk evidence, standards, tests, declarations, notified-body records, software, cyber, and signoff. - [Machinery Regulation Timeline and Transition: practical guide](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/timeline-and-transition.md): EU Machinery Regulation guide to Timeline and Transition with scope decisions, owner actions, evidence records, source-linked citations, and practical next steps. - [Machinery Regulation vs EMC Directive](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/machinery-vs-emc.md): Compare EU machinery safety duties with EMC duties for equipment, CE documentation, harmonised standards, declarations, and combined technical files. - [Machinery Regulation vs EU AI Act: machinery safety overlap](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/machinery-regulation-vs-eu-ai-act.md): A grounded comparison of the EU Machinery Regulation and EU AI Act for machinery with AI-enabled safety functions, software, cyber-safety and technical documentation overlap. - [Machinery Regulation vs Machinery Directive](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/machinery-regulation-vs-machinery-directive.md): Grounded comparison of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 and Directive 2006/42/EC across legal form, timing, scope, digital instructions, cybersecurity, conformity assessment, documentation, and CE marking. - [What counts as machinery under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230?](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/faq/machinery-definition.md): FAQ on the Machinery Regulation definition of machinery, including assemblies, drive systems, missing components, software, related products, partly completed machinery, safety components, and exclusions. - [When can a software update affect Machinery Regulation compliance?](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/faq/software-updates.md): FAQ on when machinery software updates can trigger Machinery Regulation review, including safety functions, substantial modification, corruption protection, instructions, and CE technical-file evidence. - [When does used or modified machinery need a new conformity assessment? | Machinery Regulation FAQ](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/faq/used-and-modified-machinery.md): FAQ on used and modified machinery under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, including substantial modification, first EU use, technical documentation, and market surveillance evidence. - [When is a notified body needed under the EU Machinery Regulation?](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/faq/notified-bodies.md): FAQ on when Machinery Regulation Annex I products need a notified body, how to find designated bodies, and what manufacturers still own. - [Which Article 25 conformity assessment module applies? | EU Machinery Regulation FAQ](/artifacts/eu/machinery-regulation/faq/article-25-modules.md): FAQ on Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230: Module A, Module B plus C, Module H, Module G, Annex I triggers, notified body involvement, and technical file evidence. --- [Privacy Policy](https://www.sorena.io/privacy) | [Terms of Use](https://www.sorena.io/terms-of-use) | [DMCA](https://www.sorena.io/dmca) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) (c) 2026 Sorena AB (559573-7338). 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