{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n5/division-1.2/division-1.2.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n5/division-1.2/division-1.2.2.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/1.2/division/1.2.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.2.2",
  "heading": "Control devices",
  "text": "Control devices must be:\nclearly visible and identifiable, using pictograms where appropriate,\npositioned in such a way as to be safely operated without hesitation or loss of time and without ambiguity,\ndesigned in such a way that the movement of the control device is consistent with its effect,\nlocated outside the danger zones, except where necessary for certain control devices such as an emergency stop or a teach pendant,\npositioned in such a way that their operation cannot cause additional risk,\ndesigned or protected in such a way that the desired effect, where a hazard is involved, can only be achieved by a deliberate action,\nmade in such a way as to withstand foreseeable forces; particular attention must be paid to emergency stop devices liable to be subjected to considerable forces.\nWhere a control device is designed and constructed to perform several different actions, namely where there is no one-to-one correspondence, the action to be performed must be clearly displayed and subject to confirmation, where necessary.\nControl devices must be so arranged that their layout, travel and resistance to operation are compatible with the action to be performed, taking account of ergonomic principles.\nMachinery must be fitted with indicators as required for safe operation. The operator must be able to read them from the control position.\nFrom each control position, the operator must be able to ensure that no-one is in the danger zones, or the control system must be designed and constructed in such a way that starting is prevented while someone is in the danger zone.\nIf neither of these possibilities is applicable, before the machinery starts, an acoustic and/or visual warning signal must be given. The exposed persons must have time to leave the danger zone or prevent the machinery starting up.\nIf necessary, means must be provided to ensure that the machinery can be controlled only from control positions located in one or more predetermined zones or locations.\nWhere there is more than one control position, the control system must be designed in such a way that the use of one of them precludes the use of the others, except for stop controls and emergency stops.\nWhen machinery has two or more operating positions, each position must be provided with all the required control devices without the operators hindering or putting each other into a hazardous situation.",
  "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/1.2.2",
    "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."
}