The revised European EC Machinery Directive includes a large number of amendments which are particularly significant for practical engineering applications. They include new machinery definitions and modified applications, changes in conformity assessment for annex IV machinery, new CE-marking for safety components etc. These changes will generate many user questions which this guide can help to answer. It contains the full text of the directive and uses illustrations to provide a detailed introduction to this regulatory document. Its experienced team of authors, made up of engineers and jurists, ensures its usefulness in practically implementing the directive.