Public consulation on the revision of the MD open
07 June 2019
An evaluation of the Directive was finalized in 2018. The overall conclusion of this evaluation was that the Directive is generally relevant, effective, efficient, coherent and has EU added value. However, a need for greater legal clarity of some of its provisions and better coherence with other legislation was identified. It further detected some administrative requirements that affect the efficiency of the Directive and could be simplified. In addition, the evaluation indicated that shortcomings in monitoring and enforcement of the Directive have affected its effectiveness. The evaluation showed that the Directive, supported by the New Approach principles, is relatively flexible to allow technological developments in a digital era. Yet, new innovations in digitisation may test the Directive's effectiveness and fitness for purpose going forward.The Commission is following up on the findings of the evaluation and will analyse the impacts of possible areas for improvement and implications through an impact assessment. This questionnaire is one of the contributions to this impact assessment: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/RevisionMachineryDirective2019
