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Refuse collection and waste compacting machines: harmonised standards on the Machinery list

Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Matched on the references and titles in the Commission's summary list. Record as of 3 November 2026.

16 references on the Commission's Machinery list are for refuse collection and waste compacting machines, as of 3 November 2026: 0 cited with no end of legal effect, 8 with an end of legal effect set (8 of them on 20 January 2027, the day Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applies), and 8 whose presumption has ended.

This set is every reference on the list whose title names refuse collection and waste compacting machines. A standard for a product can also sit in another set or under another title, so search the register as well.

No list under the Machinery Regulation yet. Every reference here is cited under Directive 2006/42/EC. The Commission's machinery standards page, in our daily capture since 9 September 2026, says a decision listing harmonised standards under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 “is being prepared”, that it “will feature the vast majority of currently cited harmonised standards under the Machinery Directive”, and that “the first Machinery Regulation list can be expected before the end of this year”. Until that list is published in the Official Journal, no standard gives presumption of conformity under the Regulation.

Dates are the Commission's own; blank means the list gives none. "Last moved" is the last day a row for this reference changed.
ReferenceTitleStatusFirst in OJEnd of legal effectLast moved
EN 1501-1:1998+A2:2009Refuse collection vehicles and their associated lifting devices - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 1: Rear-end loaded refuse collection vehiclesPresumption ended29 Dec 200929 Feb 201229 Feb 2012
EN 1501-1:2011Refuse collection vehicles - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 1: Rear loaded refuse collection vehiclesPresumption ended18 Nov 201129 Feb 201629 Feb 2016
EN 1501-1:2011+A1:2015Refuse collection vehicles - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 1: Rear loaded refuse collection vehiclesPresumption ended15 Jan 201611 Oct 202311 Oct 2023
EN 1501-1:2021Refuse collection vehicles - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 1: Rear loaded refuse collection vehiclesCited, cessation date set13 Apr 202220 Jan 202728 Sep 2026
EN 1501-2:2005+A1:2009Refuse collection vehicles and associated lifting devices - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 2: Side loaded refuse collection vehiclesPresumption ended29 Dec 200911 Oct 202311 Oct 2023
EN 1501-2:2021Refuse collection vehicles - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 2: Side loaded refuse collection vehiclesCited, cessation date set13 Apr 202220 Jan 202728 Sep 2026
EN 1501-3:2008Refuse collection vehicles and their associated lifting devices - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 3: Front loaded refuse collection vehiclesPresumption ended08 Sep 200911 Oct 202311 Oct 2023
EN 1501-3:2021Refuse collection vehicles - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 3: Front loaded refuse collection vehiclesCited, cessation date set13 Apr 202220 Jan 202728 Sep 2026
EN 1501-4:2007Refuse collection vehicles and their associated lifting devices - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 4: Noise test code for refuse collection vehiclesPresumption ended08 Sep 200915 Nov 202515 Nov 2025
EN 1501-4:2023Refuse collection vehicles - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 4: Noise test code for refuse collection vehiclesCited, cessation date set15 May 202420 Jan 202728 Sep 2026
EN 1501-5:2011Refuse collection vehicles - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 5: Lifting devices for refuse collection vehiclesPresumption ended18 Nov 201111 Oct 202311 Oct 2023
EN 1501-5:2021Refuse collection vehicles - General requirements and safety requirements - Part 5: Lifting devices for refuse collection vehiclesCited, cessation date set13 Apr 202220 Jan 202728 Sep 2026
EN 16252:2012Machines for compacting waste materials or recyclable fractions - Horizontal baling presses - Safety requirementsCited, cessation date set05 Apr 201320 Jan 202728 Sep 2026
EN 16486:2014Machines for compacting waste materials or recyclable fractions - Compactors - Safety requirementsPresumption ended15 Jan 201615 Apr 202315 Apr 2023
EN 16486:2014+A1:2020Machines for compacting waste materials or recyclable fractions - Compactors - Safety requirementsCited, cessation date set15 Oct 202120 Jan 202728 Sep 2026
EN 16500:2014Machines for compacting waste materials or recyclable fractions - Vertical baling presses - Safety requirementsCited, cessation date set15 Jan 201620 Jan 202728 Sep 2026

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