Month: January 2018

Digitisation: machinery Directive still fit for purpose

Materials handling equipment manufacturers are experiencing different aspects and effects of digitisation (cybersecurity, artificial intelligence…) both in their manufacturing processes and in the equipment that they produce. For most FEM manufacturers the Machinery Directive is the main reference legislation prescribing mandatory essential requirements to ensure the safe design and operation of the equipment they produce…. Read more »

Digitisation: machinery Directive still fit for purpose

Road circulation requirements for mobile machinery

In the framework of the new EC initiative on road circulation, FEM provided its feedback on the Commission inception impact assessment, which is now available on the EU “Better Regulation” web portal: http://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2017-5654660/feedback/F8254_en. Our response focuses on the preference of a regulatory approach which combines self-certification for the majority of road circulation aspects while third… Read more »