Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors (c. 14)

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ANNEX III U.K. METHOD OF MEASUREMENT OF AIRBORNE NOISE EMITTED BY EQUIPMENT FOR USE OUTDOORS

PART B NOISE TEST CODES FOR SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT

0. EQUIPMENT THAT IS TESTED FREE OF LOAD U.K.

Basic noise emission standard U.K.

EN ISO 3744:1995

Test area U.K.

Reflecting surface of concrete or non-porous asphalt

Environmental correction K _2A U.K.

K _2A = 0

Measurement surface/number of microphone positions/measuring distance U.K.

(i)

If the largest dimension of the reference parallelepiped does not exceed 8 m:

hemisphere/six microphone positions according to Part A item 5/according to Part A item 5

(ii)

If the largest dimension of the reference parallelepiped exceeds 8 m:

parallelepiped according to ISO 3744:1995 with measurement distance d = 1 m

Operating conditions during test U.K.

Test free of load: U.K.

The noise tests shall be carried out according to Part A item 2.2

Period(s) of observation/determination of resulting sound power level if more than one operating condition is used U.K.

The period of observation shall at least be 15 seconds