Which equipment is subject to noise limits according to the Noise Directive 2000/14/EC?
The following product groups are subject to noise limits. For these products, a CE certificate must be obtained from an approved body in accordance with the noise emission directive. A conformity assessment service must be obtained from an accredited body.
- Goods lifts (internal combustion engine-driven)
- Compression machines (only vibrating and non-vibrating cylinders, vibrating plates, and hammers)
- Compressors (< 350 kW)
- Hand-held concrete breakers and drills
- Construction cranes (internal combustion engine-driven)
- Bulldozers (< 500 kW)
- Dump trucks (< 500 kW)
- Excavators, hydraulic or cable-operated (< 500 kW)
- Excavator loaders (< 500 kW)
- Graders (< 500 kW)
- Hydraulic-powered packaging machines
- Bucket loaders with soil compactors ( < 500 kW)
- Lawn mowers (agricultural and forestry equipment, multi-purpose equipment, excluding equipment with a main engine power exceeding 20 kW)
- Lawn trimmers/lawn edge trimmers
- Hydraulic lift trucks, internal combustion engine-driven, counterbalanced (excluding other counterbalanced hydraulic trucks with a declared capacity not exceeding 10 tons as defined in the second paragraph of Article 36 of Annex I)
- Loaders ( < 500 kW)
- Mobile cranes
- Motorized drilling equipment ( < 3 kW)
- Pavement finishing machines (finishers) (excluding pavement finishing machines equipped with a high-compaction component)
- Power generators ( < 400 kW)
- Tower cranes
- Welding generators
