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AI for CE marking

What AI can do when you CE mark a machine, and what always stays with you

How AI can help machine builders with CE marking: risk assessment, the technical file and questions about the Machinery Regulation, with sources and a person who approves. And what AI cannot do.

By Per Riekkola ·

CE marking in briefThe manufacturer's steps before the machine is placed on the market.

  1. 01Article 54

    Find out which legislation applies

    Machinery placed on the market or put into service from 20 January 2027 follows the Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230. Until then, the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC applies.

  2. 02Annex III

    Carry out a risk assessment

    Determine the machine's limits, identify the hazards and reduce the risks in the right order: design first, then safeguarding, and information last.

  3. 03Annex III

    Meet the essential requirements

    Design and build the machine so that it meets the essential health and safety requirements that apply to it.

  4. 04Annex IV, Part A

    Compile the technical file

    The evidence of how the machine meets the requirements: description, drawings, risk assessment, calculations and tests.

  5. 05Annex III, 1.7.4

    Write the instructions for use

    In the language of the country where the machine is used, with what is needed to install, use, clean and maintain it safely.

  6. 06Article 25

    Assess conformity

    Choose the procedure according to the kind of machine. Machinery in Part A of Annex I always requires a notified body.

  7. 07Articles 21–24

    Draw up the declaration and CE mark

    The EU declaration of conformity, or a declaration of incorporation for partly completed machinery, and then the CE marking on the machine.

Under the Machinery Directive the steps are broadly the same: Article 5 lists them, Article 12 sets out the conformity assessment procedures and Article 16 covers CE marking. The EC declaration of conformity is in Annex II and the technical file in Annex VII.

The responsibility is the manufacturer's, under Article 10 of the regulation. That includes anyone who substantially modifies a machine.

Where AI helpsWith what takes time: reading, searching and compiling.

  • Reads the machine's documents

    Instructions, drawings and test reports become searchable, and every answer cites the page it rests on.

  • Suggests risks

    Hazards for every life phase, from transport to scrapping, with a protective measure, the estimated risk before and after, and the sources.

  • Goes through the technical file

    Each checklist item is assessed against the documents: present, partial, missing or not applicable.

  • Suggests actions

    Every gap and every protective measure becomes an action you give an assignee and a date.

  • Answers questions on the legislation

    Citing the article or annex in the regulation and the directive, in your language.

  • Compiles the evidence

    Machine profile, risk register, checklist, open actions and approvals in one review package, as a Word file or PDF.

What AI does not do

AI cannot CE mark a machine or certify that it meets the requirements. That responsibility lies with the manufacturer, and it cannot be handed over to a tool.

AI does not replace tests, measurements and calculations, nor a notified body where the regulation requires one.

An AI can be wrong. So every suggestion should rest on a source you can check, and a suggestion without a source should be treated as an assumption.

AI suggests, you approve

In Verkio, everything the AI writes is saved as a draft, with a quotation from the source it rests on. A suggestion without a source shows as an assumption.

Only a person can approve, and every approval is saved with a name and a date.

Your documents are stored in Stockholm and the AI calls are not retained by the provider. Read more about security and data protection.

Frequently asked questionsAbout AI and CE marking.

Can AI do the risk assessment for us?

It can make a draft: hazards, hazardous situations and protective measures, with sources. The assessment, and the decision on when a risk is adequately reduced, is yours.

Is the review package enough to CE mark?

No. The package shows how far the risk assessment and the technical file have come. You draw up the EU declaration of conformity and affix the CE marking, once you have judged that the requirements are met.

Which legislation applies to our machine?

It depends on when it is placed on the market or put into service. For a modified machine, the modification decides: a substantial modification gives you the manufacturer's obligations for whatever it affects.

Are our documents used to train AI models?

No. The calls are made without retention, and the providers do not train their models on them.

Does it work with manuals in English or German?

Yes. The assistant reads documents in their original language and answers in yours, quoting the document in its own language.

Read onMore guides on machine safety.

The Machinery Regulation 2027

What changes when (EU) 2023/1230 replaces the Machinery Directive.

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Risk assessment

How to carry out a risk assessment of a machine to EN ISO 12100.

By Per Riekkola ·

Technical file

What the technical file has to contain, item by item.

By Rickard Riekkola ·