{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-VII/division-2/division-2.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-VII/division-2/division-2.3.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/VII/division/2/division/2.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.3",
  "heading": "Control range",
  "text": "Operation conditions are as follows:\nVehicle speed VAA ASEP:vAA ≥ 20 km/h\nVehicle acceleration awot ASEPawot ≤ 5,0 m/s2\nEngine speed nBB ASEPnBB ≤ 2,0 * PMR–0,222 * s or\nnBB ≤ 0,9 * s, whichever is the lowest\nVehicle speed VBB ASEP:\nif nBB ASEP is reached in one gearvBB ≤ 70 km/h\nin all other casesvBB ≤ 80 km/h\ngearsK ≤ gear ratio i as determined in Annex II\nIf the vehicle, in the lowest valid gear, does not achieve the maximum engine speed below 70 km/h, the vehicle speed limit is 80 km/h.",
  "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/VII/division/2/division/2.3",
    "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."
}