normakte / Manufacturer's declaration
A manufacturer's declaration is the old name of the declaration of incorporation: the one issued by the manufacturer of a machine intended to be incorporated into another. Whoever asks for or issues a “manufacturer's declaration” today almost always means the EU declaration of incorporation.
"Manufacturer's declaration" is the old term. Under the earlier Machinery Directive 98/37/EC, a machine intended to be incorporated into another received a manufacturer's declaration. With Directive 2006/42/EC it became the declaration of incorporation, and with the Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 the EU declaration of incorporation. The document has thus changed name three times, not function.
| Act | Name | Applies |
|---|---|---|
| 98/37/EC | manufacturer's declaration | repealed |
| 2006/42/EC | declaration of incorporation | until 19 January 2027 |
| (EU) 2023/1230 | EU declaration of incorporation | from 20 January 2027 |
If "manufacturer's declaration" appears in a specification, an old quality document or a customer enquiry, it generally means the declaration for partly completed machinery. What you issue today is the EU declaration of incorporation under Annex V Part B.
The manufacturer's/incorporation declaration accompanies partly completed machinery and does not lead to CE marking under the Machinery Regulation. A finished, ready-to-use machine instead receives the EU declaration of conformity and the CE marking. The change of term is not cosmetic: the particulars of the EU declaration of incorporation are expanded compared with the old manufacturer's declaration.
Declaration, assembly instructions, risk assessment and documents of the partly completed machinery in one place – one trial file free until 20.01.2027.
Sources. References from the versions published in the OJ: Regulation (EU) 2023/1230; Directive 2006/42/EC; Regulation (EU) 2024/2847. The official text prevails; normakte is a drafting aid, not legal advice.