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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
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The guaranteed sound power level of equipment listed below shall be subject to noise marking only:
aerial access platforms with combustion engine
Annex I, item 1. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 1U.K.
brush cutters
Annex I, item 2; Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 2U.K.
builders' hoists for the transport of goods (with electric motor)
Annex I, item 3. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 3U.K.
building site band saw machines
Annex I, item 4. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 4U.K.
building site circular saw benches
Annex I, item 5. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 5U.K.
chain saws, portable
Annex I, item 6. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 6U.K.
combined high pressure flushers and suction vehicles
Annex I, item 7. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 7U.K.
compaction machines (explosion rammers only)
Annex I, item 8. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 8U.K.
concrete or mortar mixers
Annex I, item 11. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 11U.K.
construction winches (with electric motor)
Annex I, item 12. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 12U.K.
conveying and spraying machines for concrete and mortar
Annex I, item 13. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 13U.K.
conveyor belts
Annex I, item 14. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 14U.K.
cooling equipment on vehicles
Annex I, item 15. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 15U.K.
drill rigs
Annex I, item 17. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 17U.K.
equipment for loading and unloading silos or tanks on trucks
Annex I, item 19. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 19U.K.
glass recycling containers
Annex I, item 22. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 22U.K.
grass trimmers/grass edge trimmers
Annex I, item 24. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 24U.K.
hedge trimmers
Annex I, item 25. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 25U.K.
high pressure flushers
Annex I, item 26. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 26U.K.
high pressure water jet machines
Annex I, item 27. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 27U.K.
hydraulic hammers
Annex I, item 28. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 28U.K.
joint cutters
Annex I, item 30. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 30U.K.
leaf blowers
Annex I, item 34. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 34U.K.
leaf collectors
Annex I, item 35. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 35U.K.
lift trucks, combustion-engine driven, couterbalanced (only ‘other counterbalanced lift trucks’ as defined in Annex I, item 36, second indent, with a rated capacity of not more than 10 tonnes)
Annex I, item 36. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 36U.K.
mobile waste containers
Annex I, item 39. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 39U.K.
paver-finishers (equipped with a high-compaction screed)
Annex I, item 41. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 41U.K.
piling equipment
Annex I, item 42. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 42U.K.
pipelayers
Annex I, item 43. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 43U.K.
piste caterpillars
Annex I, item 44. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 44U.K.
power generators (≥ 400 kW)
Annex I, item 45. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 45U.K.
power sweepers
Annex I, item 46. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 46U.K.
refuse collection vehicles
Annex I, item 47. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 47U.K.
road milling machines
Annex I, item 48. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 48U.K.
scarifiers
Annex I, item 49. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 49U.K.
shredders/chippers
Annex I, item 50. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 50U.K.
snow-removing machines with rotating tools (self-propelled, excluding attachments)
Annex I, item 51. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 51U.K.
suction vehicles
Annex I, item 52. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 52U.K.
trenchers
Annex I, item 54. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 54U.K.
truck mixers
Annex I, item 55. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 55U.K.
water pump units (not for use under water)
Annex I, item 56. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 56.U.K.
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