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Give your opinion on Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC

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The European Commission published a public consultation on the evaluation of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. The consultation consists of an online questionnaire available in 6 official languages of the European Union: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian and Polish. It runs during 12 weeks, from 22 September until 16 December 2016.

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