# Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors, Division 5: Building site circular saw bench

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A hand-fed machine weighing less than 200 kg fitted with a single circular sawblade (other than a scoring saw) with a diameter of 350 mm or more, up to a maximum diameter of 500 mm, which is fixed during the normal cutting operation, and a horizontal table, all or part of which is fixed during operation. The sawblade is mounted on a horizontal non-tilting spindle, the position of which remains stationary during machining. The machine may have any of the following features:
the facility for the sawblade to be raised and lowered through the table
machine frame below the table may be open or enclosed
the saw may be fitted with an additional, manually operated travelling table (not adjacent to the sawblade).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2000/14/annex/I/division/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-14/annex-I/division-5
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