Government Decree No. 24 / 2003 Coll.
Government Regulation laying down technical requirements for machinery
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24
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
of 9 December 2002
laying down technical requirements for machinery
The Government orders pursuant to Article 22 of Act No. 22 / 1997 Coll., on Technical Requirements for Products and on the Amendment and Addition of Certain Acts, as amended by Act No. 71 / 2000 Coll. and Act No. 205 / 2002 Coll., ("the Act ') to implement Sections 11 (2), 11a (2) (c), 12 (1) and (3) and 13 (2) of the Act:
Basic provisions
(1) This Regulation lays down, in accordance with the law of the European Communities (1), technical requirements for machinery and for safety components marketed separately.
(2) For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a) the machinery shall:
1. a machine by which a product consisting of parts or components, at least one of which is variable, of the relevant propulsion units, control and force circuits and the like, is connected to each other for a specified use, in particular processing, treatment, transport or packaging of material,
2. a group of machines, which is a functionally connected set of machines, organised and controlled as an integrated unit to achieve the application referred to in point 1;
3. interchangeable equipment amending the function of a machine which is placed on the market for the purpose of connecting to a machine or to a series of different machines or to a tractor by operating it, which is not a spare part or tool,
(b) the safety component shall consider the component, provided that it is not an interchangeable device referred to in point (a) (3) which the manufacturer or his authorised representative places on the market in order to fulfil the safety function when used and whose failure or malfunction endangers the safety or health of the persons at risk.
(3) The specified products under this Regulation are, within the meaning of Article 12 (1) (a) of the Act, machinery and separately marketed safety components, with the exception of those listed in Annex 1 to this Regulation.
(4) Where this Regulation contains technical requirements for machinery or safety component which are wholly or partly contained in another government regulation, issued for the implementation of the law, this other government regulation shall apply to the fulfilment of these requirements.
(5) Machinery and safety components, the risks of which are predominantly of electrical origin, are subject exclusively to specific legislation.2)
Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service of machinery and safety components
(1) Machinery or safety components covered by this Regulation may be placed on the market and put into service only if they do not endanger the health and safety of persons, domestic and livestock or property when properly installed, maintained and used for their intended purposes.
(2) Machinery or safety component must meet the technical requirements which are the essential health and safety requirements for the construction and manufacture of machinery and safety components listed in Annex 2 to this Regulation (hereinafter referred to as "essential requirements").
(3) Where a harmonised Czech technical standard (§ 4a of the Act) or a foreign technical standard transposing a harmonised European technical standard in the Member States of the European Community, one or more of the essential requirements and the machinery or safety component are manufactured in accordance with that technical standard, it shall be considered that the machinery or safety component thus manufactured complies with the essential requirements.
(4) Each machinery shall be marked with the CE marking before being placed on the market by the manufacturer or his authorised representative and accompanied by an EC declaration of conformity in accordance with Part A of Annex 3 to this Regulation, certifying the conformity of the machinery with the requirements of this Regulation by the manufacturer or his authorised representative; This also applies to replaceable additional equipment pursuant to § 1 (2) (a) (3). This provision shall not apply where the manufacturer or his authorised representative declares, pursuant to Part B of Annex 3 to this Regulation, that machinery which is not capable of a separate function is to be incorporated into another machinery or is assembled together with other machinery by creating machinery subject to this Regulation.
(5) Each safety component shall be accompanied by an EC declaration of conformity as set out in Part C of Annex 3 to this Regulation before being placed on the market by the manufacturer or his authorised representative, certifying the conformity of the safety component with the requirements of this Regulation.
(6) Machinery or safety components which do not comply with the requirements of this Regulation may be displayed or presented at trade fairs, exhibitions and demonstration events, provided that the visible sign clearly indicates that such machinery or safety component does not comply with this Regulation and that they are not intended for sale until the manufacturer or his authorised representative has been brought into conformity with this Regulation. Appropriate measures for the protection of persons shall be provided during demonstration actions.
Conformity assessment procedures
(1) Before placing on the market the manufacturer or his authorised representative
(a) for machinery not listed in Annex 4 to this Regulation, prepare the documentation referred to in Annex 5 to this Regulation;
(b) for machinery listed in Annex 4 to this Regulation but not manufactured according to the technical standards referred to in Section 2 (3), or which according to them is only partly manufactured or for which such technical standards do not exist, a notified person( 3) shall submit a sample of the EC-type examination machinery referred to in Annex 6 to this Regulation;
(c) for machinery listed in Annex 4 to this Regulation and manufactured in accordance with the technical standards referred to in Section 2 (3),
1. draw up the documentation referred to in Annex 6 to this Regulation and send it to the notified person, who shall confirm its receipt without undue delay and keep records thereof. At the same time, the provisions of the first sentence of points 5 and 7 of Annex 6 to this Regulation apply,
2. submit the documentation referred to in Annex 6 to this Regulation to a notified person who shall only verify that the technical standards referred to in Article 2 (3) have been correctly applied and issue a certificate of conformity on the dossier. At the same time, the provisions of points 5 to 7 of Annex 6 to this Regulation apply, or
3. submit a sample of machinery for EC type-examination in accordance with Annex 6 to this Regulation.
(2) Where the conformity assessment procedure referred to in paragraph 1 (a) and (c) (1) and (2) has been applied, only compliance with the essential requirements shall be confirmed by the EC declaration of conformity.
(3) Where the conformity assessment procedure referred to in paragraph 1 (b) and (c) (3) has been applied, the EC declaration of conformity shall only confirm compliance with the sample which has undergone the EC type-examination.
(4) In the case of a safety component, conformity assessment shall be carried out in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 3. In addition, during the EC type-examination, the notified person shall verify the suitability of the safety component to fulfil the safety functions specified by the manufacturer.
(5) Where neither the manufacturer nor his authorised representative fulfils the obligations set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 and in Paragraph 4 (3), those obligations shall be fulfilled by any person who places machinery or safety component on the market. The same obligations shall be performed by anyone who compiles machinery or parts thereof or security components of different origins, or who manufactures machinery or safety components for his own use. These obligations shall not apply to persons who attach to a machine or tractor an interchangeable additional device as referred to in Article 1 (2) (a) (3), provided that those parts are compatible and each of those parts constituting the assembled machine bears the CE marking and the EC declaration of conformity.
CE marking and other marking
(1) Machinery must be clearly and visibly marked with the CE marking, the graphic form of which is laid down in a specific legislation, 4) in accordance with point 1.7.3 of Annex 2 to this Regulation.
(2) Machinery must not bear a mark which could mislead anyone with regard to the CE marking. Machinery may bear any other marking unless the visibility and legibility of the CE marking are reduced.
(3) The CE marking on machinery indicates that the product complies with the technical requirements laid down in all the legislation applicable to it and which provides for or allows such marking and that the procedure laid down in the conformity assessment procedure has been followed. However, if one or more laws allow the manufacturer, for a transitional period, to choose which provisions he will follow, the CE marking shall indicate compliance only with those laws or their provisions used by the manufacturer. In this case, the documentation, warnings or instructions required by the legislation concerned and annexed to the products concerned shall indicate the relevant European Community legislation or provisions applied by the manufacturer.
Notification of the imposition of a safeguard measure
Where a protective measure has been imposed on machinery or safety component under a special law, 5) the notification of the decision imposing a safeguard measure under Article 7 (8) of the Act shall state whether the non-compliance with the provisions of Article 2 (2) was caused by:
(a) failure to meet the essential requirements referred to in Article 2 (2);
(b) incorrect application of the technical standards referred to in Article 2 (3);
(c) shortcomings in the technical standards referred to in Article 2 (3).
Authorisation conditions
(1) The conditions set out in Annex 7 to this Regulation shall apply to the authorisation of legal persons under Article 11 (2) of the Act. Legal persons meeting the criteria laid down in the relevant harmonised technical standards shall be deemed to comply with the relevant conditions.
(2) The authorised person becomes a notified person in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11 (7) of the Act.
Transitional and final provisions
(1) Valid certificates or other documents issued pursuant to Government Decree No. 170 / 1997 Coll., as amended by Government Decree No. 15 / 1999 Coll. and Government Decree No. 283 / 2000 Coll., may be used for the purposes of conformity assessment under this Regulation, unless they are repealed under the conditions laid down by law.
(2) Persons in charge of conformity assessment activities under Government Regulation No. 170 / 1997 Coll., as amended by Government Regulation No. 15 / 1999 Coll. and Government Regulation No. 283 / 2000 Coll., shall be deemed to be authorised persons under this Regulation.
The following shall be deleted:
1. Government Decree No. 170 / 1997 Coll., laying down technical requirements for machinery.
2. Government Regulation No. 15 / 1999 Coll., amending Government Regulation No. 170 / 1997 Coll., laying down technical requirements for machinery.
3. Government Decree No. 283 / 2000 Coll., amending Government Decree No. 170 / 1997 Coll., laying down technical requirements for machinery, as amended by Government Decree No. 15 / 1999 Coll.
Efficacy
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union.
Prime Minister:
PhDr. Špidla v. r.
Minister for Industry and Trade:
Ing. Rusnok v. r.
Příloha č. 1
Annex No 1 to Decree No 24 / 2003 Coll.
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TO WHICH THIS REGULATION IS NOT INCLUDED
This Regulation shall not apply to:
1) machinery whose only source of energy is the human force directly spent, unless it is a lifting or launching machine;
2) medical devices,
(3) special equipment intended for use in exhibitions and / or amusement parks,
(4) steam boilers, tanks and pressure vessels,
(5) machinery specially designed or put into service for nuclear purposes where any failure may result in the emission of radioactivity;
7) radioactive sources forming part of the machine,
(8) firearms,
9) storage tanks and pipelines for petrol, diesel, flammable liquids and hazardous substances,
(10) means of transport intended solely for the carriage of passengers by air, road, rail or water, as well as means of transport intended for the transport of luggage, goods and live animals by air, public roads, railways (excluding mining, industrial and portable railways) or water, with the exception of vehicles used in the mining industry,
11) seagoing vessels and mobile floating units, together with their equipment,
12) cableway cableway and ski lifts for passenger transport,
13) agricultural and forestry tractors,
14. Machinery specially designed and manufactured for military or police purposes;
(15) lifts, the cages of which are permanently moving between fixed levels of buildings and structures between leads which are rigid and diverted from the horizontal at an angle of more than 15 ° which are intended for transport
(a) persons,
(b) persons and costs; or
(c) only costs where the lift cage can be entered without difficulty and is equipped with a control device inside the cage or within reach of the person inside the cage;
16) means of transport of persons using gear-driven vehicles,
17) Mining equipment,
18) theatrical lifts,
19) construction-site lifts designed for lifting persons or persons and loads.
Příloha č. 2
Annex No 2 to Decree No 24 / 2003 Coll.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTECTION IN CONSTRUCTION AND PRODUCTION OF MACHINERY INSTALLATIONS AND SAFETY PARTS
For the purposes of this Annex, "machinery 'means either" machinery' or "safety component 'as defined in Section 1 (2).
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
1. The obligations laid down in the essential health and safety requirements shall apply only if there is an appropriate risk to the machinery in question under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer. In any case, requirements 1.1.2, 1.7.3 and 1.7.4 shall apply to all machinery covered by this Regulation.
2. The essential health and safety requirements set out in this Regulation are binding. However, it may not be possible to meet the objectives set out by them under a given state of technology. In such a case, machinery must be designed and manufactured in such a way that these objectives are as close as possible.
3. The essential health and safety requirements shall be grouped together according to the hazards involved.
Machinery presents a series of hazards that may also be listed in several articles of this Annex.
The manufacturer shall be obliged to assess these hazards in such a way as to identify those applicable to his machine. The design and manufacture shall take into account their assessment.
1. BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTECTION
1.1 General
1.1.1. Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation,
1. "hazardous space" means any space within and / or around the machinery in which a person is exposed to a danger to his health or safety;
2. "person at risk" means a person in full or in part in a dangerous area;
3. "operator" means the person or persons performing the installation, operation, adjustment, maintenance, cleaning, repair or transport of machinery.
1.1.2 Safety management principles
(a) Machinery shall be so manufactured as to fulfil its function and may be adjusted and maintained without putting persons at risk when such operations are carried out under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer.
The purpose of the measures taken must be to eliminate any risk of accident during the anticipated life of the machinery, including the stage of assembly and dismantling, even if the risk of an accident arises from assumed abnormal situations.
(b) When selecting the most appropriate methods, the manufacturer shall apply the following principles in the following order:
- eliminate or reduce as far as possible hazards (depending on the safe design and production of safe machinery),
- to take the necessary protective measures in the event of hazards which cannot be excluded,
- inform the user of the continuing danger arising from any deficiencies in the effectiveness of the protective measures taken, draw attention to any need for special training and specify the need for personal protective equipment.
(c) When designing and manufacturing machinery and processing instructions for use, the manufacturer shall take into account not only the normal use of machinery but also those uses which can reasonably be expected.
Machinery shall be designed in such a way as to prevent non-normal use where such use could cause a risk. In such cases, instructions for use shall draw the user's attention to incorrect methods of use of machinery which may occur according to experience.
(d) The intended conditions of use should take into account ergonomic principles and reduce the discomfort, fatigue and psychological burden of operators to the minimum.
(e) When designing and manufacturing machinery, the manufacturer shall take into account the restrictions to which the operator is exposed when using personal protective equipment (such as footwear, gloves) necessary or intended.
(f) Machinery shall be supplied with all the necessary special equipment and accessories to allow the adjustment, maintenance and use of the machinery without risk.
1.1.3. Materials and products
Materials for the manufacture of machinery or products used or produced by machinery during use shall not endanger the health or safety of persons at risk.
In particular, where liquids are used, machinery shall be designed and constructed in such a way that risks in filling, use, recovery or discharge do not arise.
1.1.4 Lighting
The manufacturer is obliged to supply built-in lighting suitable for the operation in question, if it is likely that the lack of light, despite the overall light of normal intensity, could cause a risk.
The manufacturer shall ensure that no areas of interference or unpleasant glare or any dangerous stroboscopic phenomenon caused by lighting supplied by the manufacturer are present.
Internal parts requiring frequent inspection and adjustment and maintenance points shall be provided with appropriate lighting.
1.1.5 Construction of machinery in terms of handling
Machinery or any part thereof shall:
(a) allow safe handling;
(b) be packed or modified in such a way that they can be safely stored without damage (e.g. adequate stability, special supports).
If the mass, dimensions or shape of the machinery or its various components do not permit manual handling, the machinery or each component thereof shall:
(a) be either equipped with accessories for connection to the lifting device; or
(b) be so designed as to be equipped with such accessories (for example, threaded holes); or
(c) be in such a shape as to be easily connected to a normal lifting device.
If the machinery or any part thereof is to be moved manually, it shall be:
(a) readily transferable; or
(b) equipped with means of gripping (e.g. handles) and completely safe movement.
Special measures must be taken in the case of handling tools and / or parts of machinery, even with low weight if they could be dangerous (shape, material and so on).
1.2 Control
1.2.1 Safety and reliability of control systems
Control systems shall be designed and constructed in such a way as to be safe and reliable and to avoid dangerous situations. In particular, they shall be designed and manufactured in such a way that:
(a) bear the burden of normal use and resist external influences;
(b) errors in logic have not led to dangerous situations.
1.2.2 Control devices
The control device shall be:
(a) clearly visible and distinguishable and appropriately marked where necessary;
(b) placed in such a way as to allow safe and prompt control, without time losses and without substitution;
(c) so that the movement of the control device is consistent with its effect;
(d) located outside a dangerous area, except for certain controls, if necessary, such as emergency stops or control panels for the programming of robots;
(e) placed in such a way that there is no further danger in controlling them;
(f) carried out or protected in such a way that the desired effect, if it can cause danger, cannot arise without intentional intervention;
(g) designed to withstand the expected stress; Special attention shall be paid to emergency stopping devices which may be subjected to considerable stress.
If the control device is designed and constructed in such a way as to permit several different operations, in particular where the consistency between direction and purpose of the control and its effect (for example when using a keyboard) is not clearly displayed and, if necessary, confirmed.
The control device shall be so arranged that its location, movement and control forces are consistent with the action to be taken taking into account ergonomic principles. Account should also be taken of restrictions caused by the necessary or anticipated use of personal protective equipment (such as footwear, gloves).
In order to operate safely, machinery shall be equipped with indicators (scales, signals and sideshow). The operator shall be able to read and monitor them from the operator's station.
The operator shall be able to make sure that no endangered persons are present in the danger area from the main operating station.
If this is not possible, the control system shall be so designed and constructed that an audible and / or light warning signal is always issued before the machinery is started. The person at risk shall have the time and opportunity to prevent the machinery from starting immediately.
1.2.3 Launching
The machinery shall only be triggered by intentional action on the control device intended for that purpose.
The same requirement applies
(a) restarting the machinery after stopping it for any reason;
(b) making a significant change in operating conditions (e.g. speed, pressure);
except for repeated start-up or modification of operating conditions that are risk-free for vulnerable persons.
This essential requirement does not apply to the re-start of machinery or to the modification of the operating conditions resulting from the normal sequence of the automatic cycle.
If machinery has several start-up controls and operators could therefore endanger each other, additional equipment (such as locking mechanisms or switches, which allow the active function to be only one trigger at a time) must be used to eliminate such risk.
For the operation of automatic automatic equipment in automatic mode, there shall be a possibility of easy start-up after interruption if the safety conditions have been met.
1.2.4 Stopping
Normal stop
Each machine shall be equipped with a control device capable of being safely and completely stopped.
In order to be safe, each operator station shall be equipped with a control device to stop some or all moving parts of the machinery according to the nature of the danger. The command to stop the machinery shall be superior to the command for launching.
After stopping the machinery or its hazardous parts, the power supply to the relevant propulsion mechanisms shall be interrupted.
Emergency stop
Each machine shall be equipped with one or more emergency stopping devices to prevent any actual or imminent danger. That doesn't apply.
(a) for machines where the emergency stop equipment would not reduce the risk because it would either not shorten the time of the stop or would not allow the necessary special risk measures to be applied;
(b) for hand-held portable machines and hand-operated machines.
This device shall:
(a) have a clearly identifiable, well-visible and readily accessible control device;
(b) stop the dangerous process as quickly as possible without creating any further danger;
(c) if necessary, initiate or allow the launch of certain safety-ensuring movements.
As soon as the activation function of the emergency stop control has ceased after the command to stop has been completed, the emergency stop device shall be maintained until it is unblocked by the specified action; the device shall not allow unlocking without a command to stop; Unlocking of the device may only be possible by appropriate action, while unlocking of the machine must not be re-started but may only allow it to be restarted.
Complex functional units
In the event that machinery or parts of machinery are designed for joint operation, the manufacturer of machinery shall design and manufacture such that control devices for stopping including emergency stop controls may stop not only the machinery itself, but also all previous and / or subsequent equipment if their continued operation is dangerous.
1.2.5 Select mode
The selected control mode shall be superior to all other control systems except for an emergency stop.
If the machinery has been designed and constructed in such a way that, when used in different control or working modes, it provides different levels of safety (e.g. adjustment, maintenance, inspection), it shall be equipped with a mode switch which shall be locked in each position. Each position of the switch shall correspond to one working or operating mode.
The switch can be replaced by other means of choice which allow the use of certain machine functions only to certain categories of operator (e.g. input codes for certain numerical functions).
If the machinery is to work with a disabled protective device during certain operations, the mode switch shall simultaneously:
(a) disable automatic control mode;
(b) allow movements only if applied continuously to the control device;
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Government Regulation No. 24 / 2003 Coll., laying down technical requirements for machinery |
|---|---|
| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 11.02.2003 |
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| Effective from | 01.05.2004 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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