Introductory text

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1, and in particular Article 10(6) thereof,

Having regard to Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC^f2, and in particular Article 7(3) and Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

In accordance with Article 7 of Directive 2006/42/EC machinery manufactured in conformity with a harmonised standard, the references to which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, is to be presumed to comply with the essential health and safety requirements covered by such a harmonised standard.

The Commission by Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436^f3 published in the Official Journal of the European Union references of harmonised standards conferring a presumption of conformity with corresponding requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC.

The Commission by Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436 withdrew references of several harmonised standards from the Official Journal of the European Union as of 19 March 2019.

In order to give manufacturers more time to prepare for application of the new standards, revised standards and amendments to standards references of which were published by Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436, it is necessary to extend the dates of withdrawal of references of several standards that were withdrawn by that Decision.

The reference of harmonised standard EN 1870-13:2007+A2:2012 for woodworking machines was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 5 June 2012. The reference of a new harmonised standard EN ISO 19085-2:2017 covering the same products was, published on 9 March 2018 in the Official Journal of the European Union by Commission Communication 2018/C 092/01., Given that superseded harmonised standard EN 1870-13:2007+A2:2012 has become obsolete. However, no date of cessation of presumption of conformity in the Official Journal of the European Union was provided for harmonised standard EN 1870-13:2007+A2:2012. Harmonised standard EN 1870-13:2007+A2:2012 should therefore be it is appropriate to withdrawn that standard from the Official Journal of European Union. In order to give manufacturers sufficient time to prepare for application of the standard EN ISO 19085-2:2017, it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of the reference of standard EN 1870-13:2007+A2:2012.

Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436 should therefore be amended accordingly.

Recital 14 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436 erroneously states that harmonised standard EN ISO 12100:2010 should be withdrawn. For reasons of clarity that error should be corrected, deleting the reference to harmonised standard EN ISO 12100:2010 from that recital.

Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436 withdrew references of several harmonised standards from the Official Journal of the European Union as of 19 March 2019. Given that the date of withdrawal will be extended, this Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication. It is also appropriate to provide that the amendment extending the dates of withdrawal set in Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436 applies from 19 March 2019,

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