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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-II/division-5/division-5.1",
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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/5/division/5.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In order to facilitate in-use compliance testing of hybrid electric vehicles — where an internal combustion engine cannot operate when the vehicle is stationary — the following information relating to the sound-pressure level measurements carried out in accordance with point 4.1 of Annex II for the motor vehicles in motion is referred to as in-use compliance reference data:\n(a)gear (i) or, for vehicles tested with non-locked gear ratios, the position of the gear selector chosen for the test;\n(b)position of the operating switch during measurement of the sound pressure level Lwot,(i) (if switch is fitted).\n(c)pre-acceleration length lPA in m;\n(d)average vehicle speed in km/h at the beginning of the full throttle acceleration for tests in gear (i); and\n(e)sound pressure level Lwot,(i) in dB(A) of the wide-open-throttle tests in gear (i), defined as the maximum of the two values resulting from averaging the individual measurement results at each microphone position separately.",
  "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/5/division/5.1",
    "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."
}