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Free report · Updated November 2026
A two-page brief for manufacturers of packaging machines and processing lines for the food, chemical, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. It explains the language rules that apply from 2027 and how to translate documentation that covers not only the machine but every piece of ancillary equipment on the line.
What Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 asks of packaging machinery documentation from 20 January 2027.
Manuals that must cover inspection, measuring, dosing and detection equipment along the production line.
Food processing, bakery and pasta lines, pharmaceutical packaging, cosmetics compacting and chemical kneading machines.
User and maintenance manuals, safety procedures, technical files, risk analysis, spare parts catalogues, HMI panels and EU declarations of conformity.
Machine translation guided by your glossary and translation memory, with page layout in the same workflow.
An ISO 17100 certified process, terminology checked against your glossary and style guide, and a final layout check.
Technical documentation and after-sales managers at packaging and processing machinery manufacturers, and the export teams that ship complete lines abroad.
It is most useful when you are revising manuals for the Machinery Regulation or delivering a line whose equipment comes from several suppliers.
Which languages each EU country requires, with official sources →
Checked against EUR-Lex on 10 November 2026.
Yes. Packaging and processing machines fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 like other machinery, so from 20 January 2027 their instructions and declarations must follow its rules, including the language rule decided by each country of sale.
The manufacturer who places the complete line on the market is responsible for its documentation, including instructions for integrated equipment. Agree early with your suppliers which source texts you will receive and make sure terminology is aligned before translation starts.
No. The machine's documentation follows the Machinery Regulation, while the labels on the products it packs follow the rules of their own sector, such as food or cosmetics labelling. Keep both under one glossary if the same terms appear in each.
Keep a translation memory of every approved manual, so a new edition only needs the changed sentences translated. Preparing source files before translation and keeping page layout in the same workflow also avoid repeated work in every language.
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