# 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 5.1

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

The determination of gear K is as follows:
K3 for all manual transmission and for automatic transmission with up to 5 gears;
K4 for automatic transmission with 6 or more gears
If 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'.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/540/annex/VII/division/5/division/5.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-VII/division-5/division-5.1
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