May 13, 2021, 9:01 am Digital systems in agriculture are nothing new, but now that they are moving rapidly into the sphere of automation and machine control, the EU is updating its legislation to address the safety aspect. Consultation on the proposed revision of Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC is now underway. CEMA – European Agricultural Machinery Association – is naturally taking a keen interest in developments. In its latest bulletin the trade body states: “One of the main pillars for the revision of the Machinery Directive has been to ensure that new technologies, when they impact safety of the operator or potentially domestic animals, are well taken into account.”