According to the Machinery Directive, a machine manufacturer is anyone who assembles machines or machine parts of various origins and places them on the market. A manufacturer may be the actual machine builder or – where a machine is modified – the operator. In the case of assembled machinery, it may be the manufacturer, an assembler, the project manager, an engineering company or the operator himself, who assembles a new installation from various machines, so that the different machine parts constitute a new machine.
However, according to the Machinery Directive, only one manufacturer is responsible for the design and manufacture of the machine. This manufacturer or his authorized representative takes responsibility for implementing the administrative procedures for the entire plant. The manufacturer may appoint an authorized representative, who must be established in the EU, to assume responsibility for the necessary procedures for placing the product on the market:
- Compiling the plant’s technical documentation
- Complying with the technical annex
- Providing operating instructions for the plant
- Affixing the CE mark in a suitable position on the plant and drawing up a declaration of conformity for the entire plant
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