The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001

Regulation 8

SCHEDULE 3U.K.(Extract from Article 12) [F1Permissible Sound Power Levels]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 3 heading inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 17 (with Sch. 8 para. 14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[F2Type of equipment	Net installed power P (in kW) Electric power P_el^a 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
^a P_el for welding generators: conventional welding current multiplied by the conventional load voltage for the lowest value of the duty factor given by the manufacturer. P_el for power generators: prime power according to ISO 8528-1:1993, clause 13.3.2.
^b For the following types of equipment the figures for Stage I shall continue to apply for Stage II— Walk-behind vibrating rollers; Vibratory plates (>3 kW); Vibratory rammers; Dozers (steel tracked); Loaders (steel tracked >55 kW); Combustion-engine driver counterbalanced lift trucks; Compacting screed paver-finishers; and Hand-held internal combustion-engine concrete-breakers and picks (15< m<30).
^c For single engine mobile cranes the figures for Stage I shall continue to apply until 3rd January 2008. After that date, Stage II figures shall apply.]
Compaction machines (vibrating rollers, vibratory plates, vibratory rammers)	P ≤ £ 8	108	105^b
	8 < P ≤ £70	109	106^b
	P > 70	89 + 11 1g P	86 + 11 1g P^b
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders	P ≤ 55	106	103^b
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders	P > 55	87 + 11 1g P	84 + 11 1g P^b
Wheeled dozers,wheeled loaders, wheeled excavator-loaders, dumpers, graders, loader-type landfill compactors, combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks, compaction machines (non-vibrating rollers),paver-finishers, hydraulic power packs	P ≤ 55	104	101^b
	P > 55	85 + 11 1g P	82 + 11 1g P^b
Mobile cranes	P ≤ 55	104	101^c
Mobile cranes	P > 55	85 + 11 1g P	82 + 11 1g P 101^c
Excavators, builders' hoists for the transport of goods, construction winches, motor hoes	P ≤ 15	96	93
	P > 15	83 + 11 1g P	80 + 11 1g P
Hand-held concrete-breakers and picks	m ≤ 15	107	105
	15< m < 30	94 + 11 1g m	92 + 11 1g m^b
	m ≥ 30	96 + 11 1g m	94 + 11 1g m
Tower cranes		98 + 1g P	96 + 1g P
Welding and power generators	P_el ≤ 2	97 + 1g P_el	95 + 1g P_el
	2 < P_el ≤ 10	98 + 1g P_el	96 + 1g P_el
	10 > P_el	97 + 1g P_el	95 + 1g P_el
Compressors	P ≤ 15	99	97
Compressors	P > 15	97 + 2 1g P_el	95 + 2 1g P_el
Lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers	L ≤ 50	96	96
	50 < L ≤ 70	100	98
	70 < L ≤ 120	100	100
	L > 120	105	105
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).

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 3 Table substituted (3.1.2006) by The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3525), regs. 1, 2, Sch.