As a sub-organisation of the IFA, the Institute for Occupational Health and Safety of the German Social Accident Insurance, the BGIA or German Institute for Occupational Safety is responsible for testing and certification according to European guidelines and national laws. In this way the BGIA gives manufacturers the security that their products meet all requirements concerning occupational safety at European level. The U-Tech GSG202 system has also been subjected to all safety tests and was granted certification according to European norm EN954 in 2003. Our cooperation goes far beyond this, however, and also includes joint product and further development projects, particularly with regard to the application of the system in other industries. On 29 December 2009 a new European machine directive was introduced, the 2006/42/EG, which states that machines introduced in the European Economic Area must fulfil basic health and safety requirements. The first certificates based on the new legal stipulations began being issued to companies in February 2010. New certification for U-Tech's safety systems has already been applied for and is expected to be granted shortly.