Essential requirements (ch. 1)No substantive change
1.6.1 · Machinery or related product maintenance
Annex III, 1.6.1 · Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 ·
What it requires
1.6.1 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 requires: adjustment and maintenance outside danger zones and with the machinery stopped; diagnostic connection on automated machinery; easy and safe replacement of components. It is unchanged in substance compared with Directive 2006/42/EC and applies to machinery placed on the market from 20 January 2027.
What the instruction manual must reflect
Maintenance procedures with the machinery stopped, diagnostics, replacement of components.
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Adjustment and maintenance points shall be located outside danger zones. It shall be possible to carry out adjustment, maintenance, repair, cleaning and servicing operations while the machinery or related product is at a standstill. If one or more of the above conditions cannot be satisfied for technical reasons, measures shall be taken to ensure that these operations can be carried out safely (see section 1.2.5). In the case of automated machinery and, where necessary, other machinery or related products, a connecting device for mounting diagnostic fault-finding equipment shall be provided. Automated machinery or related product components, which have to be changed frequently, shall be capable of being removed and replaced easily and safely. Access to the components shall enable these tasks to be carried out with the necessary technical means in accordance with a specified operating method.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, OJ L 165, 29.6.2023, Annex III, 1.6.1. The sections ‘What it requires’ and ‘What the instruction manual must reflect’ are our own summary and do not replace the official text.