MVO Self-Test: Are You Ready for the Machinery Regulation?

On 20 January 2027 the Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 replaces the Machinery Directive – with no transition period for products placed on the market for the first time from that day. This self-test shows you in six questions where your company probably still has work ahead. It takes about two minutes, asks for no contact details and stores nothing.

Are you ready for the Machinery Regulation?

Six questions, no contact details, result straight away. The test shows you where you are likely to still have work ahead of 20 January 2027.

1Will you place machinery or related products on the market for the first time after 20 January 2027?

What counts is the placing on the market, not the order intake.

2Has your risk assessment been converted to the requirements of Annex III of the Regulation?
3Do you know for your product ranges whether they fall under Annex I of the Regulation – and if so, under Part A or Part B?

For Part A a notified body is mandatory; internal production control is not sufficient there.

4Have you settled how you provide the instructions digitally – and how you supply them on paper on request?

If the buyer requests paper at the time of purchase, it must be supplied free of charge within one month.

5Have you assessed how you demonstrate protection of the control system against corruption and the handling of software changes?
6Is there a person responsible and a deadline for the changeover in your company?

Please answer all six questions.

    What this test is – and what it is not. Six questions show you the direction, no more. They replace neither the MVO readiness check, in which we work through the complete audit catalogue on site against your documents and product ranges and you receive a written report with a prioritised action plan, nor the conformity assessment of your products. Responsibility for conformity remains with the manufacturer in every case.

    How things really stand at your company is what the readiness check shows – the procedure is set out right below. Request an appointment.

    The test runs entirely in your browser. No entries are transmitted or stored.

    And then?

    The test shows the direction. How things really stand at your company is settled by the MVO readiness check: on site, with the complete audit catalogue against your documents and product ranges, with a written report and a prioritised action plan. Questions beforehand? Talk to us.