This European Standard defines the general safety requirements for hot rolling mills for flat products as defined in 3.1. This European Standard deals with significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to hot rolling mills for flat products. It deals not only with circumstances where the machinery is used as intended, but also includes other conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, such as foreseeable faults, malfunctions or misuse (see Clauses 4 and 5). This European standard applies to: Machinery and equipment used for the manufacturing of metal hot rolled flat products from the material supply from (1), via the mill stands (2), to the exit (5) (see Figure 1). The following equipment is outside the scope of this standard: - furnaces in accordance with EN 746-1, EN 746-2 and EN 746-3; - continuous casting machines according to EN 14753; - hook conveyors according to EN 619; - roll shop equipment; - storage equipment (e. g., high-bay warehouses); - cranes, fork lifts, trucks and railway trucks and other vehicles. This European standard is not applicable to hot rolling mills for flat products, manufactured before the date of publication of this standard by CEN.