This guide is for machinery manufacturers. It is to help manufacturers meet their legal duties to declare noise emission in the instruction manual (and in the technical sales literature) according to the requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC (MD). It includes situations in which the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors Directive 2000/14/EC applies. This guide has been produced by the MD ADCO NOMAD Task Force and was endorsed by the MD ADCO on 28th May 2015. It does not replace the requirements of the Directives.

This document contains the guide for manufacturers in German, English, French, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish.