Sources

Public sources you can open and read.

Every determination in your report traces back to a document anyone can read. Here are the authorities the report draws on, with links, so you can check any point against the source text yourself. Facts on this site were verified against these sources as at 12 July 2026.

Primary law

Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery (EUR-Lex): The Regulation itself, in its official form on EUR-Lex, the EU's official law database. This is the source of every article and annex citation in your report: scope, Annex I (Part A and Part B), the Article 25 conformity routes, the documentation and CE obligations, Annex III essential requirements, and the transitional chapter. When the report names an article, you can open it here and read the exact text.
Consolidated text 02023R1230 (EUR-Lex): The consolidated version, useful for reading the Regulation with any corrections incorporated.
EUR-Lex summary: machinery safety requirements: The official plain-language summary, including the application date of 20 January 2027, the repeal of Directive 2006/42/EC, the economic-operator duties, and the block of articles that take effect earlier for authorities and notified bodies.

Official guidance

EU-OSHA: Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery: The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work's reference page for the Regulation.

Secondary sources (research draft)

The following named sources informed the research behind the site and are cited where relevant. They are a research draft, not the authority: the Regulation is. Annex I Part A and Part B, the Article 25 routes and the Annex III instructions clause are transcribed from the EUR-Lex text, not from these lists.

F2 Labs: Regulation versus Directive comparison: Comparison of the new Annex I (Part A and Part B) against the old Annex IV, and the conformity-route change for the Part A categories.
TUV Rheinland: the new Machinery Regulation: Transition and surveillance, and the point that notified bodies can already certify to the Regulation during the transition.
CSA Group: transition and surveillance: The no-dual-window transition and the meaning of "placed on the market" for individual units.
instrktiv: user-manual requirements: Digital instructions, the paper-on-request rule within one month, and the paper-safety-information rule for non-professional use.
adt-zielke: digital instructions for use: Further detail on the digital-instructions rule and retention.
Intertek: compliance, AI and cybersecurity: The new essential requirements on cybersecurity of safety functions and machinery with evolving or learning behaviour.
EFS Consulting: requirements and obligations: Substantial modification and the deeming rule for operators.

Why we show our sources. A determination is only as good as the sources behind it, and the whole value of this report is that it holds up when someone checks it. So every point cites a public authority you can open and read, not a claim you have to take on trust. If you or your notified body read a provision differently, the citation takes you straight to the text so the disagreement is about the source, not about us.