Are you ready for 20 January 2027?

Answer as things stand today, not as they will be. The verdict is computed in your browser: no answer leaves your device, there is no sign-up form and no address to leave behind. This is the short version of the questionnaire we work through in a diagnostic.

01 What exactly do you do?

More than one answer possible.

We design and sell machinery under our own brand We integrate or assemble lines on our customers' sites We modernise machinery already in service We import complete machinery from outside the European Union We operate machinery in our own workshops

02 How many new machines do you place on the market each year?

None 1 to 5 6 to 20 More than 20

03 How many retrofits or heavy modifications do you carry out each year?

A new control system, an added station, a higher throughput — not the replacement of a wear part.

None 1 to 3 4 or more

04 Do your control systems have an access policy?

Passwords specific to safety, maintenance ports closed in production, program versions tracked.

Yes, applied and documented In part, with nothing written down No, nothing formalised

05 Does any of your machines carry software that learns, or whose behaviour evolves on its own?

Yes No, the logic is fixed at the installed version I don't know

06 How do the instructions reach the customer?

On paper, in the crate A PDF sent by email or on a USB stick A versioned online portal, access indicated on the machinery

07 Your technical files, as things stand?

One template, versioned and up to date They exist, but they vary with whoever ran the job Nothing formalised, or very incomplete

08 Do you assess in writing whether a modification is “substantial”?

That is what decides whether you become the manufacturer of the modified machine (art. 3(16) and art. 18).

Yes, every time, with a signed record Sometimes, case by case, with nothing formal No, never

09 Do you follow standards citations in the Official Journal of the Union?

Yes, someone owns it and it shows in the files No, we cite the standards we have always cited

10 Do your EU declaration templates already cite Regulation 2023/1230?

Yes, they are ready to switch No, they still cite the Directive We have not looked yet

11 Do you place machinery manufactured outside the Union on the EU market?

Including under your own brand, and including robots.

Yes No

12 When do you expect to be ready?

We already are By the end of 2026 Early 2027, cutting it fine No plan at this stage

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