CE Marking - Low Voltage Directive - Sub component CE marking

Hello, I have machinery that complies Low Voltage Directive. It has a CE marking on the whole machine. But in the LVD Annex III, it said:
4. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
4.1. The manufacturer shall affix the CE marking to each individual electrical equipment that satisfies the applicable requirements of this Directive.

Does this mean now I have to get CE marking for the each sub-component such as motors? Or individual electrical equipment mean "standalone" components which can function on its own?

Equipment that is within scope of the Machinery Directive is out of scope of the LVD,
This is stated in MD Annex 1 section 1.5.1.

If an electric motor is made available as a standalone item and not integrated with something else to make it a machine, then the motor outside scope of the MD, and within scope of LVD and should be labelled accordingly.

Charlie

CharlieUK said:

Equipment that is within scope of the Machinery Directive is out of scope of the LVD,
This is stated in MD Annex 1 section 1.5.1.

If an electric motor is made available as a standalone item and not integrated with something else to make it a machine, then the motor outside scope of the MD, and within scope of LVD and should be labelled accordingly.

Charlie

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Thank you very much. But in the MD Annex I 1.5.1,

The safety objectives set out in Directive 73/23/EEC (today LVD 2014/35/EC) shall apply to machinery.

Does this mean only safety objective in Annex I is relevant for the Machinery?

Because in the explanation of the LVD §7, it says the scope of the directive includes both electrical equipment that is intended for installation in other devices as well as those that are used directly without prior installation. You can find this document in the link down below. It is in German, but it is taken a motor as an example of electrical equipment that needs to be CE marked.
I cannot post the link, but the document is in ce-richtlinien - richtlinien- Niederspannung-Richtlinie - Leitfaden

The phrase "I have machinery that complies Low Voltage Directive" is not strictly correct:

You start with the applicable Directive, which will be either Machinery Directive or LVD for the equipment in question, and not both.

Equipment that falls under the Machinery Directive and has an electricity supply must meet the safety objectives of the LVD which are in Annex I, but the rest of the LVD is not applicable and the equipment is CE marked to the Machinery Directive, with no reference to the LVD.

If equipment is outside scope of the MD, then the LVD will apply if it has an electrical input or output within the specified voltage range.

If you supply motors as seperate standalone items, they are in scope of LVD and should be CE marked against it.
If you make a motor that is only ever integrated into a machine, it is covered by the MD assessment of the whole machine and does not need to be CE marked.

I hope I have understood your question correctly

This explains everything. Thank you very much.