Original regulation published in the Official Journal.
EU · European Parliament and Council of the European Union
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 — Machinery Regulation
The regulation establishes machinery health and safety requirements and conformity procedures. It is in force, with general application from January 20, 2027 and specified earlier provisions. Annex III addresses autonomous mobile machinery; it does not create a separate humanoid category.
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- Type
- Regulation
- Status
- In Force
- Effective date
- Jan 20, 2027
Definition
Machinery includes a driven assembly of linked parts, at least one moving, joined for a specific application; Article 3 includes additional assembly categories.
Scope
Machinery, related products and partly completed machinery supplied on the EU market or put into service, with different duties for each. Article 10 assigns technical documentation, conformity assessment, EU declaration and CE marking duties to manufacturers of machinery or related products. Annex I includes specified self-evolving machine-learning safety systems.
Exemptions
- Article 2 excludes machinery specially designed and constructed for military or police purposes.
- Article 2 excludes machinery specially designed and constructed for research and temporary laboratory use.
Timeline
The regulation entered into force, separately from its general application date.
Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 entered into force, adding the machinery AI-safety delegation and transitional conformity provisions.
General application date under Article 54, as corrected; certain provisions have earlier dates.
Delegated Annex III requirements for product-related high-risk AI must apply by this date under amended Article 8.
Explicitly listed robots and companies
Only entities named in the instrument or an official notice are shown. Manufacturer headquarters do not establish applicability.
No individual catalog robot or company is explicitly listed in this record. This does not establish unrestricted market access.
What it means for buyers
From the general application date of January 20, 2027, Article 10 requires manufacturers of covered machinery or related products to complete the applicable conformity procedure and documentation before market placement or putting into service. Product categories and exclusions determine applicability; this record makes no model-specific conformity finding.
General information, not legal advice.
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Evidence
Sources
- [s1] Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, consolidated text of July 27, 2026 ↗
Publications Office of the European Union · official · accessed Oct 13, 2026
- [s2] Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 — Article 3 amendments to machinery AI-safety provisions ↗
Publications Office of the European Union · official · published Jul 24, 2026 · accessed Oct 13, 2026