{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n7/division-3.4/division-3.4.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n7/division-3.4/division-3.4.7.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/n7/division/3.4/division/3.4.7",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.4.7",
  "heading": "Transmission of power between self-propelled machinery (or tractor) and recipient machinery",
  "text": "Removable mechanical transmission devices linking self-propelled machinery (or a tractor) to the first fixed bearing of recipient machinery must be designed and constructed in such a way that any part that moves during operation is protected over its whole length.\nOn the side of the self-propelled machinery (or tractor), the power take-off to which the removable mechanical transmission device is attached must be protected either by a guard fixed and linked to the self-propelled machinery (or tractor) or by any other device offering equivalent protection.\nIt must be possible to open this guard for access to the removable transmission device. Once it is in place, there must be enough room to prevent the drive shaft damaging the guard when the machinery (or the tractor) is moving.\nOn the recipient machinery side, the input shaft must be enclosed in a protective casing fixed to the machinery.\nTorque limiters or freewheels may be fitted to universal joint transmissions only on the side adjoining the driven machinery. The removable mechanical transmission device must be marked accordingly.\nAll recipient machinery, the operation of which requires a removable mechanical transmission device to connect it to self-propelled machinery (or a tractor), must have a system for attaching the removable mechanical transmission device so that, when the machinery is uncoupled, the removable mechanical transmission device and its guard are not damaged by contact with the ground or part of the machinery.\nThe outside parts of the guard must be so designed, constructed and arranged that they cannot turn with the removable mechanical transmission device. The guard must cover the transmission to the ends of the inner jaws in the case of simple universal joints and at least to the centre of the outer joint or joints in the case of wide-angle universal joints.\nIf means of access to working positions are provided near to the removable mechanical transmission device, they must be designed and constructed in such a way that the shaft guards cannot be used as steps, unless designed and constructed for that purpose.",
  "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/n7/division/3.4/division/3.4.7",
    "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."
}