Council Directive 87/405/EEC of 25 June 1987 amending Directive 84/534/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of tower cranes

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 25 June 1987 amending Directive 84/534/EEC on  the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of  tower cranes (87/405/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),
Whereas provisions, the purpose of which is to limit noise at operators' positions, and methods of  measuring airborne noise differ from one Member State to another, which means that, when applied to  tower cranes, they constitute a barrier to trade in such cranes; whereas such provisions should  therefore be approximated;
Whereas Council Directive 79/113/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the  Member States relating to the determination of the noise emissions of construction plant and  equipment(4), as last amended Directive 85/405/EEC(5), laid down, in particular, the method to be  used for determining airborne noise emitted at the operator's position by a tower crane;
Whereas Article 8 of Council Directive 86/188/EEC of 12 May 1986 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to noise at work(6)  lays down that Member States shall take appropriate measures in this field;
Whereas, at the Council meeting held on 18 and 19 December 1978, the Ministers for the Environment  stated that the technical provisions for the measurement of airborne noise emitted at the  operator's position should appear in the Annexes to the separate directives for each machine in  question;
Whereas all the technical provisions required to determine the noise emission of tower cranes  should be consolidated in one directive ; whereas Directive 84/534/EEC(7) should be amended  accordingly,