
Article 1 
Directive 2000/14/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.. The table in Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Type of equipment Net installed power P (in kW)Electric power Pel in kWMass of appliance m in kgCutting 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
8 < P ≤ 70 109 106
P > 70 89 + 11 lg P 86 + 11 lg P
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders P ≤ 55 106 103
P > 55 87 + 11 lg P 84 + 11 lg P
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
P > 55 85 + 11 lg P 82 + 11 lg P
Excavators, builders’ hoists for the transport of goods, construction winches, motor hoes P ≤ 15 96 93
P > 15 83 + 11 lg P 80 + 11 lg P
Hand-held concrete-breakers and picks m ≤ 15 107 105
15 < m < 30 94 + 11 lg m 92 + 11 lg m
m ≥ 30 96 + 11 lg m 94 + 11 lg m
Tower cranes  98 + lg P 96 + lg P
Welding and power generators Pel ≤ 2 97 + lg Pel 95 + lg Pel
2 < Pel ≤ 10 98 + lg Pel 96 + lg Pel
10 > Pel 97 + lg Pel 95 + lg Pel
Compressors P ≤ 15 99 97
P > 15 97 + 2 lg P 95 + 2 lg P
Lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers L ≤50 96 94
50 < L ≤ 70 100 98
70 < L ≤ 120 100 98
L > 120 105 103



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)’
2.. Article 20 shall be amended as follows:

((a)) In the first sentence of paragraph 1, the words ‘Not later than 3 January 2005’ shall be replaced by ‘Not later than 3 January 2007’;
((b)) Paragraph 3 shall be deleted.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2005 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.They shall apply those measures from 3 January 2006.When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 14 December 2005.
For the European Parliament
The President
J. BORRELL FONTELLES
For the Council
The President
C. CLARKE