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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n5/division-1.7/division-1.7.3",
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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/1.7/division/1.7.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.7.3",
  "heading": "Marking of machinery",
  "text": "All machinery must be marked visibly, legibly and indelibly with the following minimum particulars:\nthe business name and full address of the manufacturer and, where applicable, his authorised representative,\ndesignation of the machinery,\nthe CE Marking (see Annex III),\ndesignation of series or type,\nserial number, if any,\nthe year of construction, that is the year in which the manufacturing process is completed.\nIt is prohibited to pre-date or post-date the machinery when affixing the CE marking.\nFurthermore, machinery designed and constructed for use in a potentially explosive atmosphere must be marked accordingly.\nMachinery must also bear full information relevant to its type and essential for safe use. Such information is subject to the requirements set out in section 1.7.1.\nWhere a machine part must be handled during use with lifting equipment, its mass must be indicated legibly, indelibly and unambiguously.",
  "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/1.7/division/1.7.3",
    "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."
}