National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 415‑2:2025. It supersedes BS EN 415‑2:2000, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MCE/3/3, Packaging machines.

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 has been prepared under a mandate given to the European Standards Organizations by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association. It is intended to support requirements of the EU legislation detailed in the European Foreword. A European Annex, usually Annex ZA or ZZ, describes how this publication relates to that EU legislation.

For the Great Britain market (England, Scotland and Wales), if UK Government has designated this publication for conformity with UKCA marking (or similar) legislation, it may contain an additional National Annex. Where such a National Annex exists, it shows the correlation between this publication and the relevant UK legislation. If there is no National Annex of this kind, the relevant Annex ZA or ZZ in the body of the European text will indicate the relationship to UK regulation applicable in Great Britain. References to EU legislation may need to be read in accordance with the UK designation and the applicable UK law. Further information on designated standards can be found at www.bsigroup.com/standardsandregulation.

For the Northern Ireland market, UK law will continue to implement relevant EU law subject to periodic confirmation. Therefore Annex ZA/ZZ in the European text, and references to EU legislation, are still valid for this market.

UK Government is responsible for legislation. For information on legislation and policies relating to that legislation, consult the relevant pages of www.gov.uk.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 April 2025.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of 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 United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 415‑2:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 146 “Safety of packaging machines”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2025.

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.

This document supersedes EN 415‑2:1999.

The following significant changes have been made:

Machines for secondary packing and unpacking have been removed from the Scope
Description of hazards has been extended and the order of their presentation is hazard-based
Safety requirements have been rewritten so that they are in line with EN 415‑10:2014
Noise test code has been rewritten to be in line with EN 415‑9:2009
Normative references have been changed to reflect the many changes that have been made to B1 and B2 standards.

This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its Member States.

For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

EN 415, Safety of packaging machines consists of the following parts:

Part 1: Terminology and classification of packaging machines and associated equipment
Part 2: Packaging machines for pre-formed rigid containers
Part 4: Palletizers and depalletizers
Part 5: Wrapping machines
Part 6: Pallet wrapping machines
Part 7: Group and secondary packaging machines1
Part 8: Strapping machines
Part 9: Noise measurement methods for packaging machines, packaging lines and auxiliary equipment, grade of accuracy 2 and 3;
Part 10: General requirements
Part 11: Determination of efficiency and availability.

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 implement this European Standard: 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 abovementioned 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).

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

This document is a type-C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010.

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

When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C standard.

The full set of requirements for machines in the scope of this document is composed by those given in this document in conjunction with the relevant requirements of EN 415‑10:2014.

Annex ZA of this document only lists Essential Health and Safety Requirements that are relevant for machines in the scope of this standard.

When an assembly of machinery or partly completed machinery (multi-functional machine) contains a function which is covered by another standard, the risk assessment and measures for that function should comply with the relevant standard. In addition, the risks presented by the combination of functions or mechanisms – which is not covered by one of the standards - should be considered.

NOTE EN ISO 11161:2007 and its A1:2010 provides guidance for combinations of machines.

1 Scope

This document is applicable to the following machines and to machines which incorporate more than one function as listed below. The document also applies to partly completed machinery as far as conformity is claimed for certain essential health and safety requirements.

This document applies to the following machines when they handle rigid containers:

unscrambling machines
cap removing machines
cleaning machines
sanitizing machines
filling machines
capping, closing and sealing machines
closure securing machines
inspection machines
labelling machines
decorating machines
heating and cooling machines for packed product, working at atmospheric pressure
sterilizing machines (excluding machines that sterilize using heat treatment)

with one or more of the following functions: cleaning, sanitizing, pasteurizing, filling, labelling, closing, sealing or inspecting and handling pre-formed rigid containers including their closures.

This document is also applicable to the following equipment if it is part of one of the machines listed above:

conveyors
vacuum transfer conveyors
magnetic belt conveyors
dispose or reject mechanisms (pushers)
keg stopping devices
keg lifting and inverting mechanisms
extraction or ventilation systems
hoppers
rotary mechanisms
coding and marking equipment incorporated in a packaging machine:
- hot foil coding equipment
- laser coding equipment
- ink jet coding equipment
- emboss coding equipment.

The individual machines in the scope of this document are described in 3.2.

This document deals with safety requirements and their verification for machine design, construction and information, applicable to installation, commissioning, operation, adjustment, maintenance, cleaning, sanitizing and dismantling of packaging machines for pre-formed rigid containers.

The extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered is indicated in Annex B.

This document does not apply to the following machines:

machines that were manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN;
machines for cups and trays or tubs made of a foil of plastic, aluminium or paper, which are in the scope of EN 415‑3:2021;
aerosol filling and sealing machines;
filling machines for gas;
autoclaves;
conveyors which link packaging machines but are not integrated in packaging machines or part of packaging machines;
blow moulding machines;
NOTE See EN 422:2009.
sleeve label removing machines.

This document does not consider the following hazards:

the use of packaging machines in potentially explosive atmospheres not generated by the machine itself;
hazards associated with packing explosives;
hazards arising from ancillary equipment, which is not part of the machine, e.g. equipment for evacuating gases, for cooling or refrigeration, for the supply of steam, energy, or product.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

3.1 Definitions of terms

3.2 Description of machines in the scope of this document

4 Safety requirements and protective measures

4.1 General requirements

4.2 Risk reduction on equipment

4.3 Plastic bottle unscrambling machine

4.4 Machines for applying caps or removing packaging components or materials from containers

4.5 Cleaning machines

4.6 Filling machines

4.7 Sealing, seaming, crimping, flanging machine

4.8 Closure securing machine / cork wiring machine

4.9 Labelling and decorating machines

4.10 Heating or cooling machine for packed product working at atmospheric pressure (pasteurizing machine)

4.11 Inspection machines

5 Verification of safety requirements and measures

5.1 General

5.2 Visual inspections with the machine stopped

5.3 Measurements with the machine stopped

5.4 Visual inspections with the machine running

5.5 Measurements with the machine running

5.6 Verification procedures

6 Information for use

6.1 General

6.2 Marking

6.3 Signals and warning signs

6.4 Instructions

Bibliography

BS EN 415-2:2025

Safety of packaging machines - Packaging machines for pre-formed rigid containers

Current

Published:

30 Jun 2025