On-going activities of the European Union institutions to tackle environmental noise

The reduction of environmental noise in the European Union is by far below the envisaged levels, notwithstanding in the EU there is an increasing concern on the health impact of environmental noise on the European citizens. The European Commission is in the process of revising the legislation related to environmental noise. At present, two new legislations are proposed by the European Commission on noise from road vehicles and on noise operating restrictions at airports. Moreover, initiatives related to noise limits for railway vehicles are in place and being revised. On the top of all, the Environmental Noise Directive, which is an overarching directive aimed at a common approach towards environmental noise, is in the process of review. This article is presenting the general framework of the actions taken by the European Commission, the European Environmental Agency and the European Railway Agency on the issue of environmental noise. Also, it presents possible way forward and future perspectives of the European policy on environmental noise.

PAVIOTTI Marco;  KEPHALOPOULOS Stylianos;  NUGENT Colin;  RAPACZ Piotr;  DE VOS Koen; 

2014-01-23

German Acoustical Society (DAGA)

JRC80705

http://www.aia-daga.eu/index.php/en/,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC80705,