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The Digital Product Passport is coming and mechanical engineering will also be affected. In the following, you can find out how mechanical and plant engineering can be directly and indirectly affected by some example scenarios.

The EU internal market for products is regulated by the NLF and its 30 harmonised legal acts. The European Commission is currently planning to revise the NLF. For this to be successful, the focus must be on simplification.

62 mandatory standards/Amendments, 697 voluntary standards/Amendments and 73 translated standards were approved in the past two months.

Drafts of mandatory standards and regulations are released for comments.

The Catalogue for Product Carbon Footprint Labeling Certification (1st Batch) and the 2025 National Task List for Industrial Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction Diagnostic Services were released.

The Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Controlled for Export from China was updated and approved.

The China Machinery Industry Federation (CMIF) released the 2025 Key Points for Standardization in the Machinery Industry.

The Chinese Standard Platform enables users to search for Chinese standards and preview some of the full text.

The revised VDMA Quick Guide to the Machinery Directive is now available five languages. The VDMA is thus continuing to drive forward Europeanization.

The forthcoming standard prEN 50742 specifies the requirements of the Machinery Regulation regarding protection against corruption. What is the current status of this project?

Legislators must not ignore the reality of everyday industrial life, and this also applies to the EU Commission's Chemicals Action Plan.

Why standardization is becoming a key factor for the safe and successful use of hydrogen technologies.

Here you will find an updated overview of the progress of the project after the third face-to-face meeting on 12.03.202 (update no. 4).

29 mandatory standards/Amendments and 297 voluntary standards/Amendments were approved in the past two months.

A series of mandatory standard drafts are released for comments.

2025 Chinese Legislative Work Plan was released. The Product Quality Law was not listed.

The Chinese Administrative Measures for the Adoption of International Standards has been revised to promote the adoption of international standards.

The first humanoid robot certification in China is underway.

The EU Commission is planning a regulation to introduce a mandatory digital EU Declaration of Conformity for machinery. This amendment is intended to change the EU Regulation Machinery before it comes into force.

A harmonized information model drastically reduces the integration effort for a higher-level system. This supports the development of additive manufacturing into a fully-fledged production technology

The amendment to the German Federal Emission Protection Ordinance (4th BImSchV) by the German legislator brings clarity and relief both for the placing on the market of smaller electrolysers below 5 MW and for large-scale plants.

11 mandatory standards and 557 voluntary standards were approved in the past two months.

A series of mandatory standard drafts are released for comments.

The General Implementation Rule for China Product Carbon Footprint Labeling Certification (Trial) was released in March.

China's mandatory standard reform has shown results. Take the mandatory standard for woodworking machinery as an example.

A flashlight on essential requirements for the safe commissioning of machines and systems in the USA in contrast to Europe.

VDMA Members from Austria and Bavaria met in Salzburg to discuss the implemtation of the European Union's new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)

The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has published an amendment to the Quality Control Order for Machinery in the Gazette of India, according to which products listed therein will require a market access mark from September 1, 2026.

After the second face-to-face meeting on 8.11.2024 and numerous further online meetings of the 7 sub-working groups, the first drafts and H2 requirements lists are available. (update no. 3)

This article collects some of the EU counterpart policy developments in China in the past two years for reference.

24 mandatory standards, 405 voluntary standards and 75 translated standards were approved in the past two months.

A series of mandatory standard drafts are released for comments, such as agricultural machinery, foundry machinery, metalforming machinery, etc.

A series of implementation rules of China Energy Labelling are approved together with the updated Product Catalogue.

Pilots for product carbon footprint certification have begun, and related standardization activities have been carried out orderly.

A series of import and export-related catalogues are released.

The import of products with CE marking into the United Kingdom is still permitted. What is the legal basis and is there any official information?

The VDMA launches the “DPP for Machinery” initiative. Here you will find the current structure and the upcoming content relating to the initiative.

The VDMA launches the “DPP for Machinery” initiative. The initiative bundles, coordinates and aligns all DPP activities and thus represents the VDMA's association-wide bracket with regard to the topic of digital product passports.

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 20.11.2024. The act is an EU Regulation that has legal effect in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA) without national implementation.

In this position paper, the VDMA and its member companies comment on the design and implementation of the Digital Product Passport under the new Ecodesign Regulation.

The last DAfA Thematic Committee took place on March 26, 2024 and the last DAfA meeting on April 9, 2024.

The official guide to the Machinery Directive has been revised and published in version 2.3 in English and German. The reason for the revision is the new legal interpretation of digital operating instructions.

Consultation on Regulation (EU) No. 1025/2012: VDMA advocates optimized standardization processes to ensure the efficiency and competitiveness of European industry and to meet modern market requirements

Update! The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) has been published and will enter into force on december 11th. The VDMA has compiled a FAQ document to provide support and non-binding guidance to its members.

The EU Commission, member states and trade associations have agreed that manufacturers of machinery will be able to supply instructions in digital form from April 26, 2024.

Between the current Machinery Directive and the new EU Regulation - those responsible for machinery safety are faced with some groundbreaking questions. An overview of obligations and deadlines.

In some cases, functions of a machine are tested and optimized on site. There is a desire to leave machines without CE marking to the customer for this purpose for a certain period of time.

The NAM annual report is now available for download.

The EU Regulation Machinery will apply from 20 January 2027. The Machinery Directive must be applied by 19 January 2027. How can the manufacturer manage the changeover of the EU Declaration of Conformity in just one day?

Manufacturers based outside the UK who wish to import products, such as machinery, into the UK must appoint an importer and provide details of this.