Noise rules for outdoor machines: new crisis provisions

• What changes:

  • New rules on crisis situations have been introduced.
  • They only apply when a number of conditions are met, including that an emergency state for the internal market has been activated and that the Commission has adopted an implementing act.
  • They only apply to machines designated as crisis-relevant goods.
  • Several rules now refer to § 9, and the directive is now named by its title instead of its number.
  • At the same time, the requirement that a notified body be involved "in accordance with annex 6" has been removed.
  • Compared with before, the older reference "Directive 2000/14/EC" is now named by its title, and in § 4(1), point 4, "EU declaration of conformity" has been changed to "EC declaration of conformity".
• Who: The crisis rules only apply to machines designated as crisis-relevant goods. They only apply when an emergency state for the internal market has been activated and the Commission has adopted an implementing act. Manufacturers must still, as a general rule, use one of the procedures in annex 5, but with exceptions in crisis situations, cf. § 9. If the machine is listed in annex 2, the manufacturer must involve a notified body at its own expense.
• When: The executive order entered into force on 1 November 2026.

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