b

except for the reference to the European Communities in the definition of “the Commission” and in relation to the Official Journal, a reference to the Community includes a reference to the European Economic Area, and a reference to a member State includes a reference to an EEA state which is not a member State; and

“equipment for use outdoors” means all the kinds of machinery referred to in Article 2(a), (b) and (c) of Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC, that is to say—

1. a

   assemblies which fall within one of the following descriptions—

   1. i

      an assembly, fitted with or intended to be fitted with a drive system other than directly applied human or animal effort, consisting of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, and which are joined together for a specific application;

   2. ii

      an assembly as referred to in sub-paragraph (i), missing only the components to connect it on site or to sources of energy and motion;

   3. iii

      an assembly as referred to in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii), ready to be installed and able to function as it stands only if mounted on a means of transport, or installed in a building or structure;

   4. iv

      assemblies of machinery as referred to in sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) or partly completed machinery, which, in order to achieve the same end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as an integral whole;

   5. v

      an assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves and which are joined together, intended for lifting loads and whose only power source is directly applied human effort;

2. b

   devices which, after the putting into service of machinery or of a tractor, are assembled with that machinery or tractor by operators themselves in order to change its function or attribute a new function, in so far as they are not tools (“interchangeable equipment”); and

3. c

   components—

   1. i

      which serve to fulfil a safety function;

   2. ii

      which are independently placed on the market;

   3. iii

      the failure or malfunction of which endangers the safety of persons; and

   4. iv

      which are not necessary in order for the machinery to function, or for which other components which do not fall within sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) may be substituted in order for the machinery to function,

to the extent that they are either self-propelled or can be moved and which, irrespective of the driving element(s), are intended to be used, according to their type, in the open air and which contribute to environmental noise exposure, including non-powered equipment for industrial or environmental applications which is intended, according to its type, to be used outdoors and which contributes to environmental noise exposure;.