{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n5/division-1.1/division-1.1.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n5/division-1.1/division-1.1.5.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2006/42",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42",
  "path": "annex/I/division/1/division/n5/division/1.1/division/1.1.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.1.5",
  "heading": "Design of machinery to facilitate its handling",
  "text": "Machinery, or each component part thereof, must:\nbe capable of being handled and transported safely,\nbe packaged or designed so that it can be stored safely and without damage.\nDuring the transportation of the machinery and/or its component parts, there must be no possibility of sudden movements or of hazards due to instability as long as the machinery and/or its component parts are handled in accordance with the instructions.\nWhere the weight, size or shape of machinery or its various component parts prevents them from being moved by hand, the machinery or each component part must:\neither be fitted with attachments for lifting gear, or\nbe designed so that it can be fitted with such attachments, or\nbe shaped in such a way that standard lifting gear can easily be attached.\nWhere machinery or one of its component parts is to be moved by hand, it must:\neither be easily moveable, or\nbe equipped for picking up and moving safely.\nSpecial arrangements must be made for the handling of tools and/or machinery parts which, even if lightweight, could be hazardous.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/42/annex/I/division/1/division/n5/division/1.1/division/1.1.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:36.910149+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}