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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-plant-and-equipment-harmonisation-of-noise-emission-standards-amendment-regulations-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2357",
  "legislation_title": "The Construction Plant and Equipment (Harmonisation of Noise Emission Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-plant-and-equipment-harmonisation-of-noise-emission-standards-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThe Construction Plant and Equipment (Harmonisation of Noise Emission Standards) Regulations 1988 as amended by the Construction Plant and Equipment (Harmonisation of Noise Emission Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and the Construction Plant and Equipment (Harmonisation of Noise Emission Standards) (Extension to Northern Ireland) Regulations 1992 (together the “principal Regulations”) implemented Council Directive 84/532/EEC (OJ No. L300, 19.11.84, p.111) (“the Framework Directive”) and Council Directive 86/662/EEC (OJ No. L384, 31.12.86, p.1) as amended by Commission Directive 89/514/EEC (OJ No. L253, 30.8.89, p.35) (the “Special Directive”). The European Parliament and Council Directive 95/27/EC (OJ No. L168, 18.7.95, p.14) (the “amending Directive”) further amends the Special Directive.\nThese Regulations implement the amending Directive by further amending the principal Regulations. They:\n(a) limit the application of the principal Regulations to items of construction plant and equipment (consisting of earth-moving machines as specified in the principal Regulations) in which the installed power is below 500kW;\n(b) provide, until 30th December 1996, for the continued application of the regime for permissible sound power levels for such earth-moving machines which applied under the principal Regulations before the coming into force of these Regulations, with an option during this period for the manufacturer to have applied to such machines the more stringent regime set out in sub-paragraph (b) of Article 3.1 of the Special Directive (as amended by the amending Directive);\n(c) provide, in the period from 30th December 1996 until 30th December 2001, for the application of the regime for permissible sound power levels set out in sub-paragraph (b) of Article 3.1;\n(d) provide, from 30th December 2001, for the application of the regime for permissible sound power levels set out in sub-paragraph (c) of Article 3.1, which further reduces permitted sound power levels; and\n(e) make provision for the period of validity of certificates granted under the principal Regulations (as amended by these Regulations).",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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