# 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), Division 4.3.3: Lifting machinery

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The maximum working load must be prominently marked on the machinery. This marking must be legible, indelible and in an un-coded form.
Where the maximum working load depends on the configuration of the machinery, each operating position must be provided with a load plate indicating, preferably in diagrammatic form or by means of tables, the working load permitted for each configuration.
Machinery intended for lifting goods only, equipped with a carrier which allows access to persons, must bear a clear and indelible warning prohibiting the lifting of persons. This warning must be visible at each place where access is possible.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/42/annex/I/division/1/division/n8/division/4.3/division/4.3.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n8/division-4.3/division-4.3.3
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