National foreword

This Published Document is the UK implementation of CEN/TS 18195:2025.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/513/1, Earth moving machinery (International).

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

This publication is not to be regarded as a British Standard.

Compliance with a Published Document cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This Published Document was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 October 2025.

This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 22 September 2025 for provisional application.

The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to submit their comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard.

CEN members are required to announce the existence of this CEN/TS in the same way as for an EN and to make the CEN/TS available promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force (in parallel to the CEN/TS) until the final decision about the possible conversion of the CEN/TS into an EN is reached.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (CEN/TS 18195:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 151 “Construction equipment and building material machines - Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market players with regard to machinery safety:

machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance etc.).

Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the above-mentioned stakeholder groups:

machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).

The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate at the drafting process of this document.

The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are covered are indicated in the scope of this document.

1 Scope

This document specifies the minimum technical information that the manufacturers of earth moving machinery and the manufacturers of interchangeable equipment are required to make available in their operator’s manual.

It is applicable to the combination of earth moving machinery and interchangeable equipment covered by the intended use of each of the products, where the respective manufacturers do not identify in the operator’s manual specific models of interchangeable equipment or compatible host machines for coupling.

It gives guidelines in order to define the essential characteristics of interchangeable equipment and host machine for their coupling considering the following significant hazards or hazardous situations due to:

a loss of longitudinal or lateral stability;
exceeding maximum dimensions with respect to operator's field of view;
errors of fitting for hydraulic and electric connections;
access (egress) to (from) operating position(s).

There are cases where specific technical or operational needs may require different approaches, so the information given by the manufacturer of the host machine and/or the manufacturer of the interchangeable equipment may differ from that set out in this document. In these cases, this document does not apply and the analysis of the risks created by the coupling of the host machine and interchangeable equipment shall be carried out by the manufacturer of the interchangeable equipment or by who makes the combined machinery.

The road circulation of the coupled host machine and interchangeable equipment on public roads is not covered.

It does not cover the design and/or performance requirements for the engagement and locking of interchangeable equipment to the host machine, which is the subject of other European and International standards.

This document does neither deal with lifting persons with earth moving machinery nor with any interchangeable equipment mounted to it.

NOTE Earth moving machinery which are equipped with work platforms as interchangeable equipment are regarded as Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) as defined in 3.1 of EN 280‑1:2022, and listed under Annex IV, item 17 of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.

This document is not applicable to earth moving machinery and interchangeable equipment manufactured before the date of its publication.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures

4.1 Classification

4.2 Longitudinal stability

4.3 Lateral stability

4.4 Maximum dimensions

4.5 Hydraulic connections

4.6 Electrical connections

4.7 Access to operating position(s)

5 Operator’s manual

5.1 Host machine

5.2 Interchangeable equipment

Bibliography

PD CEN/TS 18195:2025

Earth-moving machinery and interchangeable equipment. Minimum technical information for coupling

Current

Published:

31 Oct 2025