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dossier	COM(2005)370 - Amendment of Directive 2000/14/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in ...
document	COM(2005)370
date	December 14, 2005

Article 1

Directive 2000/14/EC is hereby amended as follows:

The table in Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Type of equipment	Net installed power P (in kW) Electric power P el (5) in kW Mass of appliance m in kg Cutting width L in cm	Permissible sound power level in dB/1 pW
		Stage I as from 3 January 2002	Stage II as from 3 January 2006
Compaction machines (vibrating rollers, vibratory plates, vibratory rammers)	P ≤ 8	108	105 (6)
8 < P ≤ 70	109	106 (6)
P > 70	89 + 11 lg P	86 + 11 lg P (6)
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders	P ≤ 55	106	103 (6)
P > 55	87 + 11 lg P	84 + 11 lg P (6)
Wheeled dozers, wheeled loaders, wheeled excavator-loaders, dumpers, graders, loader-type landfill compactors, combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks, mobile cranes, compaction machines (non-vibrating rollers), paver-finishers, hydraulic power packs	P ≤ 55	104	101 (6) (7)
P > 55	85 + 11 lg P	82 + 11 lg P (6) (7)
Excavators, builders’ hoists for the transport of goods, construction winches, motor hoes	P ≤ 15	96	93
P > 15	83 + 11 lg P	80 + 11 lg P
Hand-held concrete-breakers and picks	m ≤ 15	107	105
15 < m < 30	94 + 11 lg m	92 + 11 lg m (6)
m ≥ 30	96 + 11 lg m	94 + 11 lg m
Tower cranes		98 + lg P	96 + lg P
Welding and power generators	P el ≤ 2	97 + lg P el	95 + lg P el
2 < P el ≤ 10	98 + lg P el	96 + lg P el
10 > P el	97 + lg P el	95 + lg P el
Compressors	P ≤ 15	99	97
P > 15	97 + 2 lg P	95 + 2 lg P
Lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers	L ≤50	96	94 (6)
50 < L ≤ 70	100	98
70 < L ≤ 120	100	98 (6)
L > 120	105	103 (6)
The permissible sound power level shall be rounded up or down to the nearest integer number (less than 0,5, use lower number; greater than or equal to 0,5, use higher number)’

Article 20 shall be amended as follows:

(a)	In the first sentence of paragraph 1, the words ‘Not later than 3 January 2005’ shall be replaced by ‘Not later than 3 January 2007’;

(b)	Paragraph 3 shall be deleted.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2005 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

They shall apply those measures from 3 January 2006.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.