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Standalone CE marking software for machinery, running as a web application without installation. All project data is stored in CE-Copilot in structured form and is edited, tracked and output there: project management with templates and archive, a standards database based on the lists of references in the Official Journal of the EU with project checklist and change tracker, risk assessment per EN ISO 12100 with hazards across all life cycle phases, risk estimation before and after the measures and a change history per hazard, hazard templates for 15 machine types, safety signs per ISO 7010, safety functions with the required performance level per EN ISO 13849-1, eleven directive modules (including ATEX, EMC, radio equipment, pressure equipment and the Cyber Resilience Act), test reports with measured values, technical file, operating instructions and the declaration of conformity in Word and PDF, from the Professional plan Safexpert import and export of project data to Excel, and in the Business plan several users with roles and an audit trail. The AI is built into this software: it suggests directives, standards, hazards, protective measures and chapter texts of the operating instructions and checks the declaration of conformity. AI suggestions are shown before they are applied and can be accepted, changed or discarded; approval lies with the manufacturer.

CE-Copilot covers the ten steps of CE marking for machinery that the CE process on this page describes: determining the legal framework and directives (including the Annex IV check), researching standards and fixing them in the project checklist, carrying out the risk assessment according to EN ISO 12100, documenting protective measures using the 3-step method and evaluating the residual risk, documenting safety functions with the required performance level (PLr) according to EN ISO 13849-1, recording tests and measured values, compiling the technical documentation according to Annex VII of the Machinery Directive or Annex IV of the Machinery Regulation, drawing up the operating instructions according to Annex I section 1.7.4 of the Directive or Annex III section 1.7.4 of the Regulation, issuing the declaration of conformity according to Annex II of the Machinery Directive or Annex V of the Machinery Regulation, and monitoring changes to standards after placing on the market. All modules work on the same project data, you never type anything twice. Outside the software remain design and manufacturing, the calculation of the achieved performance level in SISTEMA, a notified body where required, the physical affixing of the CE marking, and the professional review and release by the manufacturer. So far CE-Copilot produces a list of the applicable essential requirements only for the declaration of incorporation of partly completed machinery.

Yes. Under “Sample dossier” an example project is available as a PDF: 200 pages of CE documentation for a robot welding cell, exported unchanged from the application. It contains the risk assessment according to EN ISO 12100 with 42 hazards (for each hazard the risk score, protective measures using the 3-step method and the residual risk), the list of the 24 standards applied, the signed declaration of conformity, the overview of the technical documentation according to Annex IV of the Machinery Regulation, 64 of 68 test points in the test reports, five safety functions with required and achieved performance level and the cybersecurity chapter under the Cyber Resilience Act. The dossier can be accessed without registration and without an e-mail address. Not included are design drawings, circuit diagrams and parts lists, which come from CAD and E-CAD and are only referenced in the technical documentation. The operating instructions are included as an excerpt of the chapter texts; the complete version with illustrations has its own export.

The new EU Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applies from 20 January 2027 and replaces the EC Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, with no transition period for placing on the market. Key changes: requirements for cybersecurity and AI systems, digital operating instructions, extended obligations for high-risk machinery (Annex I) and a new structure for conformity assessment. CE-Copilot supports both legal bases: the legal basis you select in the project is decisive, and a notice warns if the date of issue of a declaration does not match the cut-over date.

CE-Copilot guides you through the risk assessment according to EN ISO 12100, for the EC Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and the new EU Machinery Regulation. The AI suggests typical hazards for each machine type across all life phases, you evaluate with the 2D risk matrix (severity × probability) and document protective measures in the 3-step hierarchy. This does not replace your judgement, but it takes writing and structuring work off your hands.

Yes. You create the risk assessment once per machine type and carry it over to every variant or follow-up batch via “Project from template”. Transferred entries are marked “to be reviewed”, so you only confirm the deviations and document nothing twice. The declaration of conformity covers entire serial-number ranges, and the standards tracker reports changes to standards that take effect in the middle of a running series.

Over 3,600 standards, of which over 2,300 are currently harmonised (as of September 2026), from twelve OJEU lists: Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC (851 actively harmonised standards), Low Voltage 2014/35/EU (576), EMC 2014/30/EU (130), ATEX 2014/34/EU (93), Pressure Equipment 2014/68/EU (203), Radio Equipment 2014/53/EU (189), Lifts 2014/33/EU (15), PPE (EU) 2016/425 (201), General Product Safety (EU) 2023/988 (73), Gas Appliances (EU) 2016/426 (21), Simple Pressure Vessels 2014/29/EU and RoHS 2011/65/EU. The list for the new Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 is prepared in the system and will be adopted automatically as soon as the EU publishes it. Withdrawn editions also remain on record. That matters for existing machinery and for the standards tracker. In addition there are practice-relevant DACH rules and regulations (DGUV, DIN VDE, TRBS) without presumption of conformity, clearly labelled. Weekly automatic synchronisation with the Official Journal of the EU.

From a database. The standards are not AI-generated: they are held in a maintained database whose source is the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU), that is, the official lists of harmonised standards. This database is compared automatically with the Official Journal every week. The AI invents no standard numbers, it selects from this existing stock the standards that match your machine and prioritises them. Afterwards every suggested standard is checked against the database: number, title, standard type (A/B/C) and harmonisation status come from the database and overwrite the AI output. If a number cannot be verified against the database, it is marked “to be reviewed” instead of being presented as a valid standard. In this way CE-Copilot combines a reliable standards database with an AI that only speeds up the selection.

Yes, with a clear division of labour. In the Functional Safety module (from the Starter plan) you record your safety functions, assign hazards from the risk assessment to them and determine the required performance level (PLr) with the risk graph of EN ISO 13849-1 from severity of injury, frequency and possibility of avoidance. The calculation of the performance level actually achieved from category, MTTFd, DCavg and CCF is carried out in SISTEMA, the free tool of the IFA of the DGUV; a CSV hand-over list makes the entry there easier. You then document the SISTEMA result in the module, the software checks PL against PLr and points out contradictions with the characteristic values of the standard. CE-Copilot replaces neither SISTEMA nor the validation according to EN ISO 13849-2.

Since the Digital Omnibus (EU) 2026/1744, the Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 is listed in Annex I Section B of the AI Act (EU) 2024/1689. For high-risk AI systems in machinery, such as an AI system acting as a safety component, only Article 6(1), Article 60a and Articles 102 to 112 of the AI Act therefore apply (Article 2(2) AI Act). The substantive requirements for such AI systems come through the Machinery Regulation: under Article 8 of the Machinery Regulation the Commission adds them to Annex III by delegated acts that apply from 2 August 2028. A separate conformity assessment under the AI Act is therefore not added for machinery; AI-related risks still belong in the risk assessment. CE-Copilot helps you assess whether your machine is affected.

No: full texts of standards are protected by copyright, are licensed by the publishers (e.g. DIN Media) and are not included in any provider's subscription. CE-Copilot gives you the metadata that matters for CE marking: harmonisation status, edition, transition periods, Official Journal references and the assignment to your machine. That way you know which standards you really need to buy before you spend any money.

Yes, from the Professional plan: under “My standards documents” you store full texts of standards you have licensed yourself as PDFs and manage them centrally in your account, instead of searching for them in e-mail attachments and local folders. The files remain private to your account and do not flow into the public standards database. CE-Copilot itself provides no full texts of standards and does not evaluate the stored files with AI. The usage rights remain with you: you store only standards for which you hold a valid licence, and you clarify the licensing conditions for cloud storage (for example under your publisher licence) with your standards supplier.

The four core documents (risk assessment, declaration of conformity, standards analysis, technical documentation) export individually as PDF and Word, plus CSV for tables. In addition, the complete export bundles a project into one file, as PDF or Word, with cover sheet, logo, risk assessment, applied standards, declaration of conformity, technical documentation, test reports and, where recorded, the safety functions with PLr and SISTEMA result. The declaration of conformity is available in several languages (DE/EN/FR/IT).

CE-Copilot replaces the tools, not the professional judgement. The documentation from directive classification to the declaration of conformity is created in one application instead of scattered Excel spreadsheets and Word templates. The legal responsibility for CE marking, however, lies with the manufacturer, and critical decisions belong in the hands of qualified specialists. The difference from before: your expertise goes into decisions instead of formatting, research and writing.

The database runs on Supabase. The AI analysis is carried out via the Claude API from Anthropic; your data is not used for training there. The details are set out in the privacy policy.

Yes. CE-Copilot imports existing Safexpert projects via the Excel data export (data export of the risk assessment in tabular form): upload the file, check the recognised columns and the preview, import. Hazards, measures (3-step method), hazard zones, life phases and standard references end up in the right places; the risk evaluation is transferred to the 2D matrix in a documented way, and every transferred item remains marked “Imported, to be reviewed” until you have confirmed it professionally. In the other direction you export projects in structured form as Excel or JSON. Available from the Professional plan.

Yes. Annex I section 1.7.4 of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC requires operating instructions for every machine, as original instructions or as a translation of them into the official languages of the country of use. They are at the same time the third step of risk reduction according to EN ISO 12100: whatever cannot be eliminated by design and technical measures must be addressed through information for use. These content requirements remain essentially in place under the Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 from 20 January 2027.

According to Annex I section 1.7.4 of the Machinery Directive they must include, among other things: details of the manufacturer and the machine, intended use and reasonably foreseeable misuse, technical data, transport and assembly, installation and commissioning, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, dismantling and the remaining residual hazards with protective measures. CE-Copilot maps this as a 12-chapter structure and pre-fills it from your project data; residual hazards and applied standards are taken automatically from the risk assessment at export.

Yes, as an add-on module from the Professional plan (one-time purchase per project, no recurring fee). A guided editor leads through 12 chapters according to Annex I section 1.7.4 of the Machinery Directive; use, limits, interfaces and measured values are pre-filled from the project data, residual hazards and applied standards are taken automatically from the risk assessment at export. On request the AI formulates chapters as a reviewable draft, missing details appear as placeholders instead of guessed values. Export as PDF and Word; the professional review remains with the manufacturer.

Yes. 14 days free of charge with the feature set of the Starter plan, including standards finder, risk assessment and conformity assessment. No credit card required. In the interactive demo you see the standards finder with prepared results, without registration.

Monthly and annual plans can be cancelled: the monthly plan with 14 days' notice to the end of the billing period, the annual plan with one month's notice to the end of the term. There is no compulsory annual subscription (annual payment is optional and up to 16% cheaper). If you want planning certainty, choose the 3-year plan for Starter, Professional or Business: a one-time payment for 36 months with a price guarantee, which renews for a further 36 months unless cancelled. The prices shown are final prices, so nothing is added on top.