Essential requirements (ch. 1)No substantive change
1.7.1.2 · Warning devices
Annex III, 1.7.1.2 · Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 ·
What it requires
1.7.1.2 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 requires: unambiguous audible or visual warnings on unattended machinery; the operator must be able to check them; safety colours and signs in line with the legislation. 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
Description of the warning signals and how to check them.
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Where the health and safety of persons may be endangered by a fault in the operation of unsupervised machinery or a related product, the machinery or related product shall be equipped in such a way as to give an appropriate acoustic or light signal as a warning. Where machinery or a related product is equipped with warning devices, these shall be unambiguous and easily perceived. The operator shall have facilities to check the operation of such warning devices at all times. The requirements of the specific Union legal acts concerning colours and safety signals shall be complied with.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, OJ L 165, 29.6.2023, Annex III, 1.7.1.2. The sections ‘What it requires’ and ‘What the instruction manual must reflect’ are our own summary and do not replace the official text.