# Directive 2005/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2005 amending Directive 2000/14/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1

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

Directive 2000/14/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1.. The table in Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:
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 kWMass of appliance m in kgCutting 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
2.. Article 20 shall be amended as follows:
(a) In the first sentence of paragraph 1, the words ‘Not later than 3 January 2005’ shall be replaced by ‘Not later than 3 January 2007’;
(b) Paragraph 3 shall be deleted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2005/88/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-88/article-1
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