{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n5/division-1.2/division-1.2.1",
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  "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/1.2/division/1.2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.2.1",
  "heading": "Safety and reliability of control systems",
  "text": "Control systems must be designed and constructed in such a way as to prevent hazardous situations from arising. Above all, they must be designed and constructed in such a way that:\nthey can withstand the intended operating stresses and external influences,\na fault in the hardware or the software of the control system does not lead to hazardous situations,\nerrors in the control system logic do not lead to hazardous situations,\nreasonably foreseeable human error during operation does not lead to hazardous situations.\nParticular attention must be given to the following points:\nthe machinery must not start unexpectedly,\nthe parameters of the machinery must not change in an uncontrolled way, where such change may lead to hazardous situations,\nthe machinery must not be prevented from stopping if the stop command has already been given,\nno moving part of the machinery or piece held by the machinery must fall or be ejected,\nautomatic or manual stopping of the moving parts, whatever they may be, must be unimpeded,\nthe protective devices must remain fully effective or give a stop command,\nthe safety-related parts of the control system must apply in a coherent way to the whole of an assembly of machinery and/or partly completed machinery.\nFor cable-less control, an automatic stop must be activated when correct control signals are not received, including loss of communication.",
  "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/1.2/division/1.2.1",
    "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."
}