G/TBT/N/EU/983  
26 May 2023  
(23-3597) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CC CN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Equipment 
for use outdoors (cleaning equipment, construction equipment, gardening equipment, 
loading and lifting equipment, power generators  and cooling equipment, pumping and 
suction equipment, snowmobiles and snow groomers, waste collection, processing and 
recycling equipment) listed in Articles 12 and 13 and defined in Annex I to the Directive.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of  the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Directive 2000/14/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the methods to measure airborne noise emitted 
by equipment for use outdoors; (7 page(s), in English), (24 p age(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This proposal amends the methods to measure airborne noise 
emitted by equipment for use outdoors laid down in Annex III of Directive 2000/14/EC, 
which manufacturers need to comply with for the design and the conformity assessment 
of outdoor equipment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Directive 2000/14/EC aims to protect human health and well -being of 
citizens as well as to protect the environment, by reducing noise emission by equipment 
for use outdoors. To achieve this, it is necessary to have up -to-date noise data of outdoor 
equipment on the market. The methods to measure airborne noise emitted by outdoor 
equipment have not been revis ed since the adoption of the Directive. It is therefore 
necessary to bring these methods in line with the technical progress; Protection of human 
health or safety; Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/EU/983  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2000 on 
the approximation of the laws of the EU Member States relating to the noise emission in 
the environment by equipment for use outdoors  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32000L0014  
Evaluation of Directive 2000/14/EC and supporting studies:  
https://single -market -economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/mechanical -engineering/noise -
emission -outdoor -equipment_en  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  3rd Quarter 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (The provisions shall apply 24 months later)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_09829_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_09829_01_e.pdf