Guide to application of machinery directive - 1-2 : The citations

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DIRECTIVE 2006/42/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC

(recast)

(Text with EEA relevance)

PREAMBLE TO THE MACHINERY DIRECTIVE - THE CITATIONS

§ 1      The citations

The citations included in the preamble to the Machinery Directive indicate the legal basis of the Directive, the opinions expressed by the relevant consultative Committee and the procedure according to which the Directive was adopted.

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, (1)

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and

Social Committee, (2)

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty, (3)

(1)      OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 164.

(2)      OJ C 311, 7.11.2001, p. 1.

(3)      Opinion of the European Parliament of 4 July 2002 (OJ C 271 E, 12.11.2003, p. 491), Council Common Position of 18 July 2005 (OJ C 251 E, 11.10.2005, p. 1) and Position of the European Parliament of 15 December 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal). Council Decision of 25 April 2006.

§ 2      The legal basis of the Machinery Directive

The legal basis of the Machinery Directive is provided by Article 95 of the EC Treaty (now replaced by Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - TFEU) that enables the EU to adopt measures to harmonise the legislation of the Member States in order to ensure the establishment and functioning of the internal market. Such measures must take as a base a high level of protection of the health and safety of people and of the environment.

The Machinery Directive thus has a dual objective: to permit the free movement of machinery within the internal market whilst ensuring a high level of protection of health and safety.

Following the proposal by the Commission, the Machinery Directive was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council, after consulting the Economic and Social Committee, according to the co-decision procedure set out in Article 251 of the EC Treaty (now referred to as the ordinary legislative procedure in Article 294 of the TFEU).

The footnotes to the citation give the references and dates of the successive steps of the procedure. (The Position of the European Parliament of 15 December 2005 was not published in the OJEU).

 

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