{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-II/division-1/division-1.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-II/division-1/division-1.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/540",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540",
  "path": "annex/II/division/1/division/1.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The noise made by the vehicle type submitted for GB type-approval shall be measured by the two methods described in this Annex for the vehicle in motion and for the vehicle when stationary. In the case of a hybrid electric vehicle where an internal combustion engine cannot operate when the vehicle is stationary, the emitted noise shall only be measured in motion.\nVehicles having a technically permissible maximum laden mass exceeding 2800 kg shall be subjected to an additional measurement of the compressed air noise with the vehicle stationary in accordance with the specifications of Annex V, if the corresponding brake equipment is part of the vehicle.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 76(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/540/annex/II/division/1/division/1.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:38.922483+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."
}