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Selling machinery in Germany from 2027
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applies in the same way across the EU, but each country decides languages, penalties and who enforces. Machinery manufacturers in Germany: about 16,082 (Eurostat 2022). Here is what we found.
National law in forceTo be verified
- National law
- German implementing act (MaschinenDG) of 5 December 2025, already in force; most provisions apply from 20 January 2027.(To be verified)
- Penalties
- 26 offences, with fines of up to €10,000 or €100,000; up to one year in prison in serious cases.(To be verified)
- Mandatory languages
- German for instructions, safety information, declarations, and also for the notice explaining how to access digital instructions.
- Who enforces
- Market surveillance authorities of the Länder; BAuA collects the reports.(To be verified)
Data collected on 2026-10-22 from public sources. We did not always find the official text: check it in the national gazette and with your CE consultant before relying on it.
What it means in practice
- The nameplate or label with the QR code needs German text: TARGA flags it when a serial number is shipped to Germany.
How TARGA helps
- Set Germany among the delivery countries of a serial number and TARGA warns you if a mandatory language is missing (German).
- The manual is composed for the configuration of each serial number and translated with AI plus human review, using your glossary.
- The QR page picks the language from the visitor's browser and says whether it shows the original or a translation.
- Published versions stay online for at least 10 years, and paper copy requests arrive with their one-month deadline.
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