New legal requirements for machine instructions

  • Presentation
  • Machinery Regulation
  • 23. September
  • 11:00 AM (CEST) - 11:45 AM (CEST)
  • Scandium
  • M. Sc. Hans Morten Henriksen

    • Maskinsikkerhed APS

Contents

From January 20th, 2027 all new machinery in EU/EOS are to comply with the Machinery Regulation 2023/1230. Both the Regulation and new/updated harmonised standards gives new requirements for a legal instruction handbook. For machinery outside EU/EOS we use ISO 20607 Instruction handbook for machinery, where the 2026 update is expected to be publised in Q3/Q4 2026.

Takeaways

Learn existing and new requirements for machine instructions, incl legal required use of harmonised standards, and how to comply. This includes the use of electronic manuals.

Prior knowledge

Basic experience with instructions for machinery, and the legal requirements behind.

Speaker

M. Sc. Hans Morten Henriksen

  • Maskinsikkerhed APS
Biography

Hans Morten Henriksen, M. Sc. is CEO in Maskinsikkerhed ApS, a leading consulting company with +20 CE-marking specialists in machinery. He has +30 years of relevant experience in consultancy and training in machinery instructions, and was ISOs initial project manager on updating ISO 20607 Instruction Handbook for Machinery, to the requirements in the Machinery Regulation.