Glossary
Legal and technical analysis of the new Machinery Regulation

Directive; Directive

Community legal act imposing certain objectives on the Member States of the European Union without imposing specific means.

Regulation; Règlement

A Community legal act that is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all EU member states.

Norme harmonisée; Harmonized standard

Standard drawn up by the European standards organizations in response to a standardization mandate from the European Commission.

Safety function ; Fonction de sécurité

A machine function whose failure can cause an immediate increase in risk(s). According to ISO 12100:2010 modified (3.30), "a safety function is a function implemented by a safety-related part of a control system, which is necessary to achieve or maintain...