European Economic
and Social Committee
Revision of the Machinery Directive
Adottati on 10/06/2020 - Bureau decision date: 21/01/2020
Riferimento
CCMI/172-EESC-2020
Opinion Type
Information report(impact assessment)
Co-rapporteur
(Italy
The EESC welcomes the Commission's current efforts to analyse and possibly improve the performance of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC as part of its regulatory fitness and performance (REFIT) programme. The EESC consider that the Machinery Directive is a very important and successful instrument for European industry, and its basic approach must be left unchanged. While EESC agree some changes are needed, massive changes of the Machinery Directive, in particular to the Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs) in Annex I, would have a deep negative impact on the work of developing needed harmonised standards and must be avoided.