Testing and certification bodies’ coordination groups

Recommendations for Use

The DGUV Test testing and certification bodies are very involved in the national and European co-ordination groups of the approved/notified bodies and provide several chairpersons for those groups.

European co-ordination of notified bodies

The recommendations for use of the european co-ordination groups help the notified bodies to harmonize testing and certification.

Recommendations for Use for machinery and safety components: Recommendation for Use sheets, that been endorsed by the Machinery Working Group, are published on the Commissions website. Recommendations for Use of a horizontal nature apply to all types of machinery listed in Annex IV of the Machinery Directive. Other Recommendation for Use sheets are of a vertical nature, and apply more specifically to a particular category of machinery listed in Annex IV.

German co-ordination of approved testing and certification bodies
The german co-ordination groups of approved bodies consist of german notified bodies and the testing and certification bodies who are allowed to award the GS-mark.

Decisions of the Co-ordination group for machinery ("EK 9"):