Construction Plant and Equipment (Harmonisation of Noise Emission Standards) Regulations 1988

Certificate of conformity and EEC mark of conformity

6.—(1) The manufacturer of an earth-moving machine which has been manufactured in conformity with the EEC type-examination requirements referred to in an EEC type-examination certificate issued under these Regulations or under the law of Northern Ireland or of a member State other than the United Kingdom which is in force shall issue a certificate of conformity in the form set out in Schedule 3 that such machine has been so manufactured, and shall place on the machine clear and permanent EEC marks of conformity in the form set out in Schedule 4 and shall indicate thereon the net power as defined in Annex I to Directive 80/1269/EEC(1) and the corresponding swivel system.

(2) The EEC marks shall be placed on each such earth-moving machine indicating the sound power level and sound pressure level at the operator’s position of the type of earth-moving machine to which it conforms ascertained in accordance with the Special Directive by the approved body or in the case of the sound power level ascertained by the manufacturer if the sound power level so ascertained is higher than that ascertained in accordance with the Special Directive but falls within the maximum permissible sound power level under that Directive.

(1)

OJ No. L375, 31.12.80, p.46.