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Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Construction Plant and Equipment (Harmonization of Noise Emission Standards) Regulations 1985 (“the principal Regulations”) and implement Council Directive 87/405/EEC which amends Council Directive 84/534/EEC (OJ No. L300, 19.11.1984, p.130) relating to the permissible sound power level of tower cranes.

The principal Regulations are extended so as to relate also to the permissible sound pressure level requirements of tower cranes manufactured on or after 1st August 1989 with an operator’s position fixed to the structure of the tower crane.