The EU Commission (DG GROW) is carrying out an evaluation to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and added value of the Directives 2014/68/EU on Pressure Equipment (PED) and 2014/29/EU on Simple Pressure Vessels (SPVD)....
New harmonised standards under the Machinery Directive (MD) were published in the EU Official Journal on 15 May. These include the reference to EN IEC 60335-2-89 for commercial refrigerating appliances.
The European Commission clarified next steps with regards to updated guidelines for the new Machinery Regulation and the completion of the Standardisation Request.
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The provisional agreement struck by the European Parliament and the Council on 13 December was approved in the Internal Market Committee of the EP on 13 February, with 36 votes in favour, none against and one abstention. The agreed text will now be tabled for for...