CELEX: 51987PC0133
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-03
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 84/538/EEC ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO THE PERMISSIBLE SOUND POWER LEVEL OF LAWNMOWERS

28.4.87                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 113/5
               Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 84/538/EEC on the approximation of the
                    laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of lawnmowers
                                                         COM(87) 133 final
                                  (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 April 1987)
                                                           (87/C 113/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 — non-independent devices (e.g. drawn cylinders),
                                                                             with cutting devices actuated by the wheels or by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                        an integrated drawing or carrier component,
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 100
                                                                         — multi-purpose devices, the main motorized
thereof,
                                                                             component of which has an installed power of
                                                                             more than 20 kW.'
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      2. The following section 6.1.3 is inserted in Annex I:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                        '6.1.3.    The cutting devices of cylinder lawnmowers
liament,                                                                 shall be adjusted with a cylinder/cutting edge gap
                                                                         specified by the manufacturer such that:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                        — a standardized sheet of paper of 80 g/m 2 weight
                                                                             (kraftpaper ISO/R4046) is cut over at least 50 %
Whereas it is not appropriate to exclude certain lawn                        of the cutting-width, or
mowers because of the kind of cutting device employed;                   — the distance between the cylinder blades and the
                                                                             cutting edge is not more than 0,15 mm over the
Whereas all the technical provisions required to                             whole length of the cutting-width.
determine the noise emission of lawnmowers should be
brought together in one Directive; whereas Council                       Before and during the operation the cutting device
Directive 84/538/EEC (') should therefore be amended                     shall be lubricated with SAE 20/50 oil.'
accordingly,
                                                                                                Article 2
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:                                           1.    The Member States shall bring into force the laws,
                                                                      regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
                            Article 1                                 comply with this Directive by 1 July 1988. They shall
                                                                      forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Directive 84/538/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
                                                                      2.    Member States shall communicate to the
 1. Article 1 (3) is replaced by the following:                       Commission the texts of the provisions of national law
                                                                      which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
    '3.    This Directive shall apply to lawnmowers as
    referred to in paragraph 2, except for the following:                                       Article 3
    — agricultural and forestry equipment,                            This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
(') OJ No L 300, 19. 11. 1984, p. 171.