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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-669/annex/division-3/division-7",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2004/669",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 6 April 2004 establishing revised ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to refrigerators and amending Decision 2000/40/EC (notified under document number C(2004) 1414) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/669/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-669",
  "path": "annex/division/3/division/7",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Limit noise emissions",
  "text": "Airborne noise from the appliance, counted as sound power, shall not exceed 40 dB(A) (re 1 pW).\nInformation about the noise level of the appliance 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 refrigerators.\nThe measurement of the noise level and the information relating to noise shall be provided in accordance with Council Directive 86/594/EEC, using EN 28960 standard.\nThis criterion does not apply to chest freezers indicated as category 9: ‘household food freezers, chest’ in Annex IV of Commission Directive 94/2/EC.\nThe applicant shall declare compliance of the product with these requirements.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 344, 6.12.1986, p. 24. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/669/annex/division/3/division/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:07.662289+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."
}