Article 1

Directive 2000/14/EC is hereby amended as follows:

  1. 1.

    The table in Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:

    ‘Type of equipment

    Net installed power P (in kW)Electric power Pel5 in kWMass of appliance m in kgCutting width L in cm

    Permissible sound power level in dB/1 pW

    Stage I as from 3 January 2002

    Stage II as from 3 January 2006

    Compaction machines (vibrating rollers, vibratory plates, vibratory rammers)

    P ≤ 8

    108

    1056

    8 < P ≤ 70

    109

    1066

    P> 70

    89 + 11 lg P

    86 + 11 lg P6

    Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders

    P ≤ 55

    106

    1036

    P> 55

    87 + 11 lg P

    84 + 11 lg P6

    Wheeled dozers, wheeled loaders, wheeled excavator-loaders, dumpers, graders, loader-type landfill compactors, combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks, mobile cranes, compaction machines (non-vibrating rollers), paver-finishers, hydraulic power packs

    P ≤ 55

    104

    10167

    P> 55

    85 + 11 lg P

    82 + 11 lg P67

    Excavators, builders’ hoists for the transport of goods, construction winches, motor hoes

    P ≤ 15

    96

    93

    P> 15

    83 + 11 lg P

    80 + 11 lg P

    Hand-held concrete-breakers and picks

    m ≤ 15

    107

    105

    15 <m< 30

    94 + 11 lg m

    92 + 11 lg m6

    m ≥ 30

    96 + 11 lg m

    94 + 11 lg m

    Tower cranes

    98 + lg P

    96 + lg P

    Welding and power generators

    Pel ≤ 2

    97 + lg Pel

    95 + lg Pel

    2 <Pel ≤ 10

    98 + lg Pel

    96 + lg Pel

    X1P el > 10

    97 + lg Pel

    95 + lg Pel

    Compressors

    P ≤ 15

    99

    97

    P> 15

    97 + 2 lg P

    95 + 2 lg P

    Lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers

    L ≤50

    96

    946

    50 <L ≤ 70

    100

    98

    70 <L ≤ 120

    100

    986

    L> 120

    105

    1036

    The permissible sound power level shall be rounded up or down to the nearest integer number (less than 0,5, use lower number; greater than or equal to 0,5, use higher number)’

    5

    P el for welding generators: conventional welding current multiplied by the conventional load voltage for the lowest value of the duty factor given by the manufacturer.

    P el for power generators: prime power according to ISO 8528-1:1993, clause 13.3.2

    6

    The figures for stage II are merely indicative for the following types of equipment:

    • walk-behind vibrating rollers;

    • vibratory plates (> 3kW);

    • vibratory rammers;

    • dozers (steel tracked);

    • loaders (steel tracked > 55 kW);

    • combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks;

    • compacting screed paver-finishers;

    • hand-held internal combustion-engine concrete-breakers and picks (15<m<30)

    • lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers.

    Definitive figures will depend on amendment of the Directive following the report required in Article 20(1). In the absence of any such amendment, the figures for stage I will continue to apply for stage II.

    7

    For single-engine mobile cranes, the figures for stage I shall continue to apply until 3 January 2008. After that date, stage II figures shall apply.

  2. 2.

    Article 20 shall be amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      In the first sentence of paragraph 1, the words ‘Not later than 3 January 2005’ shall be replaced by ‘Not later than 3 January 2007’;

    2. (b)

      Paragraph 3 shall be deleted.