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    Info Letter No.

    CE Marking:
    Format and Contents of the Technical File
    Before issuing an EC declaration of conformity for machinery it is essential that the
    manufacturer or his authorized representative established in the European Community
    provides a technical construction file. In Decision 90/683/EEC of 13 December 1990
    the Council established that "the essential objective of a conformity assessment procedure
    is to enable the public authorities to ensure that products placed on the market conform to
    the requirements as expressed in the provisions of the directives, in particular with regard
    to the health and safety of users and consumers".

    This guideline from the Council is, therefore, the essential criterion to be taken into
    account when considering the content and extent of the obligation to provide information
    in the technical file required by the machinery directive 89/392/EEC.

    Consequently, the details included in the technical file always depend on the nature
    of the product and on what is necessary, from the technical point of view, to demonstrate
    the conformity of the product either to the harmonized standards, if the manufacturer has
    followed them, or to the essential requirements of the relevant directive if the
    manufacturer has followed none or only some of the harmonized standards. This must,
    therefore, be determined case by case depending on the product.

    To allow effective exploitation of this file for market surveillance purposes, excessive
    paperwork should be avoided. To achieve this and to facilitate the manufacturers' task,
    it is proposed that the inspection authorities accept subdivision of the file into two
    parts:

    1. The first part (A) would consist of a summary of the essential technical data
    relevant to the conformity assessment procedures, including in particular:
    o the name and the address of the manufacturer and the identification of the
    product;
    o the list of harmonized standards followed by the manufacturer and/or the
    solutions adopted to satisfy the essential requirements;
    o a description of the product; the operating instructions,
    o the overall plan of the product, if any.
    2. The second part (B) would consist of a full file containing all the test reports,
    information concerning the quality manual, plans, descriptions of the products and
    processes, standards applied, etc.

    If the manufacturer fails to follow this two-part breakdown of the technical file, the
    inspection authorities could demand the full technical file or part thereof according to the
    requirements for inspection purposes, unless the details given in the declaration of
    conformity or in the certificate of conformity appear sufficient for the purposes of
    conducting a preliminary inspection.

    PS. If you need further clarification about EC Marking requirements, EC standards,


    hazard assessment of machinery, operation manuals, EC conformity services please
    contact Heinrich Birck.

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