This European Standard specifies the safety requirements for cold rolling mills for flat products (coiled or as heavy plates) as defined in 3.1. This European Standard deals with significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to cold 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 cold rolled flat products from the material entry station (1), through the forming stations (2), to the exit (3) (see Figure 1). The following equipment is outside the scope of this European Standard: - furnaces in accordance with EN 746-1, EN 746-2 and EN 746-3; - pickling plants according to EN 15061; - strip processing lines according to EN 15061; - abrasive blasting plants according to EN 1248; - roll shop equipment; - hook conveyors according to EN 619; - storage equipment (e. g., high-bay warehouses); - cranes, fork lifts, trucks and railway trucks and other vehicles. This European Standard is not applicable to cold rolling mills for flat products, manufactured before the date of publication of this standard by CEN.