Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
The successor to the 2006 Machinery Directive (Annex I item 1), applying from 20 January 2027. It explicitly addresses software safety components and self-evolving machinery, making it a concurrent compliance obligation alongside AI Act Article 6(1) (applicable from August 2027 under current law) for AI in machinery products.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in EU AI Act Implementation Expert.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The European Union regulation, applying from January 2027, that requires a documented risk assessment for machinery sold in the European Union, including autonomous mobile robots, making the discipline this topic teaches a legal requirement for that market rather than only a best practice. It also adds cybersecurity to the essential safety requirements a machine's risk assessment must cover, alongside the mechanical and electrical failure modes this topic focuses on.
The successor to the 2006 Machinery Directive (Annex I item 1), applying from 20 January 2027. It explicitly addresses software safety components and self-evolving machinery, making it a concurrent compliance obligation alongside AI Act Article 6(1) (applicable from August 2027 under current law) for AI in machinery products.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Annex I Integration: AI in Regulated Products · AI System Inventory and Classification, EU AI Act Implementation Expert
- FMEA and fault trees: find the single points of failure before they find you · Failure Analysis, Learning From How Robots Break, Engineering Judgment and Professional Formation
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Classifies a system by role and risk tier, knows which obligations bind on which date after the Digital Omnibus, and what evidence conformity needs.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Compares the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 and sector rules by intent and control objective, and says where they do not overlap.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Reviews purpose, data, affected people, accuracy, bias, security, oversight, vendors and law for a use case, scores likelihood and impact, and documents residual risk.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- Senior AI Compliance Analystneeds it at depth
- AI Compliance Managerneeds it at depth · 2 open postings this week
- AI Compliance Specialistneeds working knowledge · 1 open posting this week
- AI Regulatory Counselneeds it at depth · 14 open postings this week
- Compliance Analystneeds working knowledge · 2 open postings this week
- AI Governance Managerneeds it at depth
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689; Regulation (EU) 2026/1744; EU AI Act; NIST AI RMF.
One interview question about it
Classify a specific AI system under the EU AI Act and name the obligations that follow, including what applies now and what is deferred.
Asked of candidates for eu ai act obligations and timelines. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- A law degree (JD, LLB or LLM), no AI work yet carries it as a claim to back up: The EU AI Act reads like the statutes you were trained on; the content is new, the method is not.
- Privacy and data protection carries it as work you can show: A DPIA is an impact assessment; the AI version adds accuracy, bias and oversight.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.