4. DEFINITIONS
MACHINES DIRECTIVE 2006/42/EC (Article 2, Denitions)
ANNEX I MACHINES DIRECTIVE 2006/42/EC (p. 1.1.1 Denitions)
MANUFACTURER Natural or legal person who designs and/or manufacture a machine or a
partly completed machine, object of this Directive, and is liable of compliance of the machine
or of the partly completed machine with this Directive for placing in the market under its own
name or under its own brand, or for personal use. In the absence of a Manufacturer as dened
above, is deemed Manufacturer the natural or legal person who places in the market or com-
missions a machine or a partly completed machine, object of this Directive.
PLACING IN THE MARKET First availability, within the European Community, in return
of payment or free of charge, of a machine or of a partly completed machine, for the purpose
of distribution or use.
COMMISSIONING First use, in compliance with its intended use, within the European Com-
munity, of a machine, object of this Directive.
SAFETY COMPONENT Component:
• intended to full a safety operation;
• placed on the market separately;
• the failure and/or malfunction of which endangers the safety of persons; and
• which is not essential for the purpose for which the machine has been designed or that,
for this function, it can be substituted with other components.
DANGER A potential source of injury or damage to health.
DANGEROUS AREA Any area inside and/or close to a machine where the presence of a per-
son constitutes a risk for the safety and health of the said person.
EXPOSED PERSON Any person who is entirely or partly in a dangerous area
OPERATOR e person/s in charge of installing, operate, adjust, clean, repair and remove a
machine and carry out its maintenance.
RISK Combination of the likelihood and seriousness of an injury or damage for health that
may arise in a dangerous situation.
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