# 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, Article 12: Equipment subject to noise limits

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

The guaranteed sound power level of equipment listed below shall not exceed the permissible sound power level as laid down in the following tables of limit values:
builders' hoists for the transport of goods (combustion-engine driven)
Definition:
Annex I, item 3. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 3
compaction machines (only vibrating and non-vibrating rollers, vibratory plates and vibratory rammers)
Definition:
Annex I, item 8. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 8
compressors (< 350 kW)
Definition:
Annex I, item 9. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 9
concrete-breakers and picks, hand-held
Definition:
Annex I, item 10. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 10
construction winches (combustion-engine driven)
Definition:
Annex I, item 12. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 12
dozers (< 500 kW)
Definition:
Annex I, item 16. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 16
dumpers (< 500 kW)
Definition:
Annex I, item 18. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 18
excavators, hydraulic or rope-operated (< 500 kW)
Definition:
Annex I, item 20. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 20
excavator-loaders (< 500 kW)
Definition:
Annex I, item 21. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 21
graders (< 500 kW)
Definitie
Annex I, item 23. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 23
hydraulic power packs
Definition:
Annex I, item 29. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 29
landfill compactors, loader-type with bucket (< 500 kW)
Definition:
Annex I, item 31. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 31
lawnmowers (excluding agricultural and forestry equipment, and multi-purpose devices, the main motorised component of which has an installed power of more than 20 kW))
Definition:
Annex I, item 32. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 32
lawn trimmers/lawn edge trimmers
Definition:
Annex I, item 33; Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 33
lift trucks, combustion-engine driven, counterbalanced (excluding ‘other counterbalanced lift trucks’ as defined in Annex I, item 36, second indent with a rated capacity of not more than 10 tonnes)
Definition:
Annex I, item 36. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 36
loaders (< 500 kW)
Definition:
Annex I, item 37. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 37
mobile cranes
Definition:
Annex I, item 38. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 38
motor hoes (< 3 kW)
Definition:
Annex I, item 40. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 40
paver-finishers (excluding paver-finishers equipped with a high-compaction screed)
Definition:
Annex I, item 41. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 41
power generators (< 400 kW)
Definition
Annex I, item 45. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 45
tower cranes
Definition:
Annex I, item 53. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 53
welding generators
Definition:
Annex I, item 57. Measurement: Annex III, Part B, item 57.
P el for welding generators: conventional welding current multiplied by the conventional load voltage for the lowest value of the duty factor given by the manufacturer.
P el for power generators: prime power according to ISO 8528-1:1993, clause 13.3.2
The figures for stage II are merely indicative for the following types of equipment:
walk-behind vibrating rollers;
vibratory plates (> 3kW);
vibratory rammers;
dozers (steel tracked);
loaders (steel tracked > 55 kW);
combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks;
compacting screed paver-finishers;
hand-held internal combustion-engine concrete-breakers and picks (15 < m < 30)
lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers.
Definitive figures will depend on amendment of the Directive following the report required in Article 20(1). In the absence of any such amendment, the figures for stage I will continue to apply for stage II.
For single-engine mobile cranes, the figures for stage I shall continue to apply until 3 January 2008 . After that date, stage II figures shall apply.
The permissible sound power level shall be rounded up or down to the nearest integer number (less than 0,5, use lower number; greater than or equal to 0,5, use higher number)
Type of equipment
Net installed power P (in kW) Electric power P el in kW Mass of appliance m in kg Cutting width L in cm
Permissible sound power level in dB/1 pW
Stage I as from 3 January 2002
Stage II as from 3 January 2006
Compaction machines (vibrating rollers, vibratory plates, vibratory rammers)
P ≤ 8
108
105
8 < P ≤ 70
109
106
P > 70
89 + 11 lg P
86 + 11 lg P
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders
P ≤ 55
106
103
P > 55
87 + 11 lg P
84 + 11 lg P
Wheeled dozers, wheeled loaders, wheeled excavator-loaders, dumpers, graders, loader-type landfill compactors, combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks, mobile cranes, compaction machines (non-vibrating rollers), paver-finishers, hydraulic power packs
P ≤ 55
104
101
P > 55
85 + 11 lg P
82 + 11 lg P
Excavators, builders’ hoists for the transport of goods, construction winches, motor hoes
P ≤ 15
96
93
P > 15
83 + 11 lg P
80 + 11 lg P
Hand-held concrete-breakers and picks
m ≤ 15
107
105
15 < m < 30
94 + 11 lg m
92 + 11 lg m
m ≥ 30
96 + 11 lg m
94 + 11 lg m
Tower cranes
98 + lg P
96 + lg P
Welding and power generators
P el ≤ 2
97 + lg P el
95 + lg P el
2 < P el ≤ 10
98 + lg P el
96 + lg P el
P el > 10
97 + lg P el
95 + lg P el
Compressors
P ≤ 15
99
97
P > 15
97 + 2 lg P
95 + 2 lg P
Lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers
L ≤ 50
96
94
50 < L ≤ 70
100
98
70 < L ≤ 120
100
98
L > 120
105
103

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2000/14/article/12 (the official version)
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