{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1970-157/attachment-2/division/division-2./division-2.1.",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1970-157/attachment-2/division/division-2./division-2.1..json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1970/157",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles (70/157/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1970-157",
  "path": "attachment/2/division/division/2./division/2.1.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": "Limiting values",
  "text": "The sound level measured in accordance with the provisions of Annex III shall not exceed the following limits:\nVehicle categories\nValues expressed in dB(A) (decibels(A))\n2.1.1.\nVehicles intended for the carriage of passengers, and comprising not more than nine seats including the driver's seat\n74\n2.1.2. Vehicles intended for the carriage of passengers and equipped with more than nine seats, including the driver's seat; and having a maximum permissible mass of more than 3,5 tonnes and:\n2.1.2.1.\nwith an engine power of less than 150 kW\n78\n2.1.2.2.\nwith an engine power of not less than 150 kW\n80\n2.1.3. Vehicles intended for the carriage of passengers and equipped with more than nine seats, including the driver's seat; vehicles intended for the carriage of goods:\n2.1.3.1.\nwith a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 2 tonnes\n76\n2.1.3.2.\nwith a maximum permissible mass exceeding 2 tonnes but not exceeding 3,5 tonnes\n77\n2.1.4. Vehicles intended for the carriage of goods and having a maximum permissible mass exceeding 3,5 tonnes:\n2.1.4.1.\nwith an engine power of less than 75 kW\n77\n2.1.4.2.\nwith an engine power of not less than 75 kW but less than 150 kW\n78\n2.1.4.3.\nwith an engine power of not less than 150 kW\n80\nHowever\nfor vehicles of categories 2.1.1 and 2.1.3, the limit values are increased by 1 dB(A) if they are equipped with a direct injection diesel engine,\nfor vehicles with a maximum permissible mass of over two tonnes designed for off-road use, the limit values are increased by 1 dB(A) if their engine power is less than 150 kW and 2 dB(A) if their engine power is 150 kW or more,\nfor vehicles in category 2.1.1, equipped with a manually operated gear box having more than four forward gears and with an engine developing a maximum power exceeding 140 kW/t and whose maximum power/maximum mass ratio exceeds 75 kW/t, the limit values are increased by 1 dB(A) if the speed at which the rear of the vehicle passes the line BB' in third gear is greater than 61 km/h.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2007/34/EC of 14 June 2007 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Council Directive 70/157/EEC concerning the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1970/157/attachment/2/division/division/2./division/2.1.",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:53.693025+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."
}