Regulation 5 Obtaining the information required by these Regulations

(1)

The information required by regulations 6 to 8 shall, where applicable, be obtained by measurements made in accordance with the harmonised standard.

(2)

Where a supplier provides information relating to noise, it shall be measured in accordance with Council Directive 86/594/EEC M1 on airborne noise emitted by household appliances, and the provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations relating to noise information shall apply.

(3)

Information obtained other than in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be taken for the purposes of these Regulations not to meet the relevant requirement.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: OJ No. L 344, 6.12.1986, p. 24, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 807/2003 (OJ No. L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36). This Directive was transposed by the Household Appliances (Noise Emission) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/161; amended by S.I. 1994/1386, 2004/693); see regulation 4 of those Regulations requiring that, where noise information is given, it must be determined in accordance with Council Directive 86/594/EEC.