{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-45/annex/division-2/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-45/annex/division-2/division-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2000/45",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 17 December 1999 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to washing machines (notified under document number C(1999) 4650) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/45/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-45",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Noise",
  "text": "Airborne acoustical noise from the appliance, counted as sound power, shall not exceed LWAd 56 dB(A) during washing or LWAd 76 dB(A) during spinning, measured according to EN 60456:1999, using the same standard 60 oC cotton cycle as chosen for Directive 95/12/EC.\nInformation about the noise level of the machine shall be provided in a way clearly visible to the consumer. This shall be done by the incorporation of this information in the energy label for washing machines.\nThe applicant shall provide a copy of the technical documentation referred to under Article 2(1) of Commission Directive 95/12/EC. This documentation shall include the reports of at least three measurements of noise made according to EN 60456:1999, using the same standard 60 oC cotton cycle as chosen for Directive 95/12/EC. The declared noise during washing and during spinning shall be derived from these measurements as laid down in the standards referred to in EN 60456:1999 (with the producer's risk a ≤ 5 %), shall be less or equal to the above requirements, and shall appear on the energy label.\nIn case of verification, which is not required on application, competent bodies shall apply the tolerances and control procedures laid down in EN 60456:1999.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2000/45/annex/division/2/division/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:52.883423+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}