# 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), Division 2.3: Control range

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

Operation conditions are as follows:
Vehicle speed VAA ASEP:vAA ≥ 20 km/h
Vehicle acceleration awot ASEPawot ≤ 5,0 m/s2
Engine speed nBB ASEPnBB ≤ 2,0 * PMR–0,222 * s or
nBB ≤ 0,9 * s, whichever is the lowest
Vehicle speed VBB ASEP:
if nBB ASEP is reached in one gearvBB ≤ 70 km/h
in all other casesvBB ≤ 80 km/h
gearsK ≤ gear ratio i as determined in Annex II
If 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/540/annex/VII/division/2/division/2.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-VII/division-2/division-2.3
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