{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-VII/division-5/division-5.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-VII/division-5/division-5.1.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/VII/division/5/division/5.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The determination of gear K is as follows:\nK3 for all manual transmission and for automatic transmission with up to 5 gears;\nK4 for automatic transmission with 6 or more gears\nIf no discrete gears are available, e.g. for non-lockable automatic transmissions or non-lockable CVTs, the gear ratio for further calculation shall be determined from the acceleration test result in Annex II using the reported engine speed and vehicle speed at line BB'.",
  "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/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."
}