The Machinery Safety Regulation (Maschinen-Sicherheitsverordnung, MSV) of 2010 also specifies the requirements made upon safety components. These are machine components which serve a guaranteed safety function, which are placed on the market independently of the machine, and which increase the risk of accidents if they fail or malfunction (see also Residual Risk and Risk Analysis). Safety components placed on the market independently of machines are, by definition, regarded as machines.
