Machinery Directive: updating harmonized standards

The European Commission, with the EXECUTION DECISION (EU) 2021/377 of 2 March 2021 amending the Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436, updates the list of standards harmonized with the Machinery Directive by repealing some standards, introducing and updating the edition of others.

In particular, emphasis is placed on the following changes:

• EN ISO 13854: 2019 which replaces UNI EN 349: 2009
• EN 62745: 2017 Relating to wireless controls for machines (cranes, baskets, various MEWPs) | New adoption
• EN ISO 5010: 2019 Earth-moving machinery – Wheeled machines – Requirements for steering
• EN 62841-4-1: 2020 Portable chain saws | New adoption