{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-II/division-3/division-3.2/division-3.2.2",
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  "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/3/division/3.2/division/3.2.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.2.2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "At the applicant's request, the vehicle of a category M2, M3, N2 or N3 shall be deemed representative of its completed type if the tests are carried out on an incomplete vehicle not having bodywork. In the test of an incomplete vehicle, all relevant soundproofing materials, panels and noise reduction components and systems shall be fitted on the vehicle as designed by the manufacturer except a part of bodywork which is built at a later stage.\nNo new test shall be required due to the fitting of a supplement fuel tank or re-location of the original fuel tank on the condition that other parts or structures of the vehicle apparently affecting sound emissions have not been altered.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/540/annex/II/division/3/division/3.2/division/3.2.2",
    "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."
}