European Communities (Noise Emission by Equipment for Use Outdoors) (Amendment) Regulations 2006
Source: Iris Oifigiúl 2006-05-19

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities Noise Emission by Equipment for Use Outdoors (Amendment Regulations 2006.
(2) These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 3 January 2006.
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paragraphs: The European Communities (Noise Emission by Equipment for Use Outdoors) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 632 of 2001 ) are amended by substituting for the table in Part A of the Schedule to those Regulations the following:
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Type of equipment
Net installed power P (in kW) Electric power Pel (1) 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(2)
8 < P ≤ 70
109
106(2)
P > 70
89 + 11 1g P
86 + 11 1g P(2)
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders
P ≤ 55
106
103(2)
P > 55
87 + 11 1g P
84 + 11 1g P(2)
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(2) (3)
P > 55
85 + 11 1g P
82 + 11 1g P(2) (3)
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(2)
m ≥ 30
96 + 11 1g m
94 + 11 1g m
Tower cranes
98 + 1g P
96 + 1g P
Welding and power generators
Pel ≤ 2
97 + 1g Pel
95 + 1g Pel
2 < Pel ≤ 10
98 + 1g Pel
96 + 1g Pel
Pel > 10
97 + 1g Pel
95 + 1g Pel
Compressors
P ≤ 15
99
97
P > 15
97 + 2 1g P
95 + 2 1g P
Lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers
L ≤ 50
96
94(2)
50 < L ≤ 70
100
98
70 < L ≤ 120
100
98(2)
L > 120
105
103(2)
(1) Pel for welding generators: conventional welding current multiplied by the conventional load voltage for the lowest value of the duty factor given by the manufacturer.
Pel for power generators: prime power according to ISO 8528-1:1993, clause 13.3.2.
(2) The figures for stage II are merely indicative for the following types of equipment:
- 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;
- Hand-held internal combustion-engine concrete-breakers and picks (15 < m < 30).
- Lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers.
Definitive figures will depend on amendment of the Directive following the report required in Article 20(1). In the absence of any such amendment, the figures for stage I will continue to apply for stage II.
(3) 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.
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).
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