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The Noise Emission in
the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors Directive 2000/14/EC
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Subject area.
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Sound power levels of equipment for use outdoors.
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Intention
of
legislation |
To control
and monitor noise of equipment for use outdoors so as to reduce
noise nuisance; to remove technical barriers to trade arising
out of member States' different noise requirements; to simplify
legislation by including existing directives. Manufacturers are
required to measure or have measured the sound power level of
57 categories of equipment, 22 of which will have to meet limits.
Noise test methods will be harmonised standards wherever possible
with a choice of conformity assessment procedures.
Labels
will need to be affixed to each item of equipment showing the
guaranteed sound power level and declarations of conformity will
need to be issued.
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Coverage |
Equipment
for use outdoors comprising a wide range of Construction plant
and equipment, including that in the previous directives, equipment
for gardens, for lifting, pumps, drills, saws, etc. A
detailed list of equipment is given below.
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Brief
history |
Since about
1990 several member states have pressed the Commission to review
noise requirements in existing noise limit directives and impose
new requirements for other equipment.
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Current
position |
The
Directive entered into force on 3 July 2000. The provisions of
the Directive became mandatory on 3 January 2002.
The
Directive has been transposed into UK law by The
Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors
Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1701) and entered into force
on 3 July 2001.
Notified
Bodies
have been appointed and underwent assessment to the Guidelines
for Organisations seeking Notified Body status to Undertake Noise
Emission Testing, Inspection and Certification.
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Future
work |
We will
continue to represent the UK at future Noise Committee meetings
in Brussels and contribute to the Commission's draft Guidelines
on the Directive.
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Guidance |
Comprehensive
DTI guidance booklets are available from our Downloadable
Documents page. Hard copies of most of our documents can
be ordered on-line from there, or please visit Publications.
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Contacts |
Angela
Finch
STRD4
Department of Trade and Industry,
151 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SW1W 9SS.
Tel 020
7215 1438
Fax 020 7215 1529
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EQUIPMENT
SUBJECT TO NOISE LIMITS
builders'
hoists for the transport of goods (combustion-engine-driven)
compaction machines (only self-propelled and walk-behind vibrating
and non-vibrating rollers, vibratory plates and vibratory rammers)
compressors (<350 kW)
concrete-breakers and picks, hand-held construction winches(combustion-engine
driven)
dozers (<500kW)
dumpers (<500 kW)
excavators, hydraulic or rope-operated (<500 kW) excavator-loaders
(<500 kW)
graders (<500 kW)
hydraulic power packs
landfill compactors, loader-type with bucket (<500 kW) lawnmowers
(excluding:
= agricultural and forestry equipment;
= multi-purpose devices, the main motorized component of which
has an installed power of more than 20 kW)
lawn trimmers/lawn edge trimmers
lift trucks (only combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift
trucks) loaders (<500 kW)
motor hoes (< 3kW)
mobile cranes
paver-finishers (excluded are paver-finishers with a high compaction
screed)
power generators (<400 kW)
tower cranes
welding generators
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EQUIPMENT
NOT SUBJECT TO NOISE LIMITS
aerial
access platforms with combustion engine
brush cutters
builders' hoists for the transport of goods (with electric motor)
building site band saw machines
building site circular saw benches
chain saws, portable
combined high pressure flushers and suction vehicles
compaction machines (only explosion rammers)
concrete or mortar mixers
construction winches (with electric motor)
conveying and spraying machines for concrete and mortar
conveyor belts
cooling equipment on vehicles
drill rigs
equipment for loading and unloading tanks or silos on trucks
glass recycling containers
grass trimmers /grass edge trimmers
hedge trimmers
high pressure flushers
high pressure water jet machines
hydraulic hammers
joint cutters
leaf blowers
leaf collectors
lift trucks, combustion-engine driven, counterbalanced (only
"other counterbalanced lift trucks" with a rated capacity
of not more than 10t)
mobile waste containers
paver finishers (equipped with a high-compaction screed)
piling equipment
pipelayers
piste caterpillars power generators (=> 400 kw)
power sweepers
refuse collection vehicles
road milling machines
scarifiers
shredders/chippers
snow-removing systems with rotating tools (self-propelled, excluding
attachments)
suction vehicles
trenchers
truck mixers
water pump units (not for use under water)
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