The Household Appliances (Noise Emission) (Amendment) Regulations 1994
In Great Britain the Household Appliances (Noise Emission) Regulations 1990 (“the principal Regulations”) implemented Council Directive 86/594/EEC (“the Directive”) on airborne noise emitted by household appliances. These Regulations amend the principal Regulations by:extending to Northern Ireland on or after 28th June 1994 the prohibition on marketing by a manufacturer or importer of any household appliance in respect of which the manufacturer or importer has taken steps to inform any person to whom the appliance is to be, or may be, marketed of the level of airborne noise emitted by it unless the level is determined in accordance with article 6 of the Directive; andmaking amendments to the principal Regulations consequential to the extension of their application to Northern Ireland.