Machinery Directive

Under the Directive, manufacturers must meet health and safety requirements to place machinery on the EU market. The Directive is especially pertinent to the electronics manufacturing sector represented by SEMI and semiconductor manufacturing equipment producers in Europe and globally.

The European Union Machinery Directive aims to both ensure a high level of safety for machinery users and facilitate the free movement of machinery in the EU market. The current proposed revision seeks to address safety challenges arising from technical progress in digitization.