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Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
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ANNEX IVCategories of machinery to which one of the procedures referred to in Article 12(3) and (4) must be applied
1.Circular saws (single- or multi-blade) for working with wood and material with similar physical characteristics or for working with meat and material with similar physical characteristics, of the following types:
1.1.
sawing machinery with fixed blade(s) during cutting, having a fixed bed or support with manual feed of the workpiece or with a demountable power feed;
1.2.
sawing machinery with fixed blade(s) during cutting, having a manually operated reciprocating saw-bench or carriage;
1.3
sawing machinery with fixed blade(s) during cutting, having a built-in mechanical feed device for the workpieces, with manual loading and/or unloading;
1.4.
sawing machinery with movable blade(s) during cutting, having mechanical movement of the blade, with manual loading and/or unloading.
2.Hand-fed surface planing machinery for woodworking.
3.Thicknessers for one-side dressing having a built-in mechanical feed device, with manual loading and/or unloading for woodworking.
4.Band-saws with manual loading and/or unloading for working with wood and material with similar physical characteristics or for working with meat and material with similar physical characteristics, of the following types:
4.1.
sawing machinery with fixed blade(s) during cutting, having a fixed or reciprocating-movement bed or support for the workpiece;
4.2.
sawing machinery with blade(s) assembled on a carriage with reciprocating motion.
5.Combined machinery of the types referred to in points 1 to 4 and in point 7 for working with wood and material with similar physical characteristics.
6.Hand-fed tenoning machinery with several tool holders for woodworking.
7.Hand-fed vertical spindle moulding machinery for working with wood and material with similar physical characteristics.
8.Portable chainsaws for woodworking.
9.Presses, including press-brakes, for the cold working of metals, with manual loading and/or unloading, whose movable working parts may have a travel exceeding 6 mm and a speed exceeding 30 mm/s.
10.Injection or compression plastics-moulding machinery with manual loading or unloading.
11.Injection or compression rubber-moulding machinery with manual loading or unloading.
12.Machinery for underground working of the following types:
12.1.
locomotives and brake-vans;
12.2.
hydraulic-powered roof supports.
13.Manually loaded trucks for the collection of household refuse incorporating a compression mechanism.
14.Removable mechanical transmission devices including their guards.
15.Guards for removable mechanical transmission devices.
16.Vehicle servicing lifts.
17.Devices for the lifting of persons or of persons and goods involving a hazard of falling from a vertical height of more than three metres.
18.Portable cartridge-operated fixing and other impact machinery.
19.Protective devices designed to detect the presence of persons.
20.Power-operated interlocking movable guards designed to be used as safeguards in machinery referred to in points 9, 10 and 11.
21.Logic units to ensure safety functions.
22.Roll-over protective structures (ROPS).
23.Falling-object protective structures (FOPS).
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