SECTION I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Exposure limit values and action values
Article 3
1
For hand-arm vibration:
a
the daily exposure limit value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 5 m/s2;
b
the daily exposure action value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 2,5 m/s2.
Workers' exposure to hand-arm vibration shall be assessed or measured on the basis of the provisions of Point 1 of Part A of the Annex.
2
For whole-body vibration:
a
the daily exposure limit value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 1,15 m/s2 or, at the choice of the Member State concerned, a vibration dose value of 21 m/s 1,75;
b
the daily exposure action value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 0,5 m/s2 or, at the choice of the Member State concerned, a vibration dose value of 9,1 m/s 1,75.
Workers' exposure to whole-body vibration shall be assessed or measured on the basis of the provisions of Point 1 of Part B of the Annex.