Directive 2002/49 - Assessment and management of environmental noise - Declaration by the Commission in the Conciliation Committee on the Directive relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise

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This directive has been published on July 18, 2002 and entered into force on the same day.

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Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise - Declaration by the Commission in the Conciliation Committee on the Directive relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise
 
Legal instrument Directive
Number legal act Directive 2002/49
Original proposal COM(2000)468 EN
CELEX number i 32002L0049

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Document 25-06-2002
Publication in Official Journal 18-07-2002; Special edition in Estonian: Chapter 15 Volume 007,Special edition in Polish: Chapter 15 Volume 007,Special edition in Slovenian: Chapter 15 Volume 007,Special edition in Slovak: Chapter 15 Volume 007,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 15 Volume 008,Special edition in Maltese: Chapter 15 Volume 007,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 15 Volume 008,OJ L 189, 18.7.2002,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 15 Volume 031,Special edition in Czech: Chapter 15 Volume 007,Special edition in Hungarian: Chapter 15 Volume 007,Special edition in Latvian: Chapter 15 Volume 007,Special edition in Lithuanian: Chapter 15 Volume 007
Effect 18-07-2002; Entry into force Date pub. See Art 15
Deadline 18-07-2004; At the latest See Art 14.1
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise - Declaration by the Commission in the Conciliation Committee on the Directive relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise

Official Journal L 189 , 18/07/2002 P. 0012 - 0026

Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 25 June 2002

relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions(3),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(4), and in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 8 April 2002,

Whereas:

  • (1) 
    It is part of Community policy to achieve a high level of health and environmental protection, and one of the objectives to be pursued is protection against noise. In the Green Paper on Future Noise Policy, the Commission addressed noise in the environment as one of the main environmental problems in Europe.
  • (2) 
    In its Resolution of 10 June 1997(5) on the Commission Green Paper, the European Parliament expressed its support for that Green Paper, urged that specific measures and initiatives should be laid down in a Directive on the reduction of environmental noise, and noted the lack of reliable, comparable data regarding the situation of the various noise sources.
  • (3) 
    A common noise indicator and a common methodology for noise calculation and measurement around airports were identified in the Commission Communication of 1 December 1999 on Air Transport and the Environment. This communication has been taken into account in the provisions of this Directive.
  • (4) 
    Certain categories of noise emissions from products are already covered by Community legislation, such as Council Directive 70/157/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles(6), Council Directive 77/311/EEC of 29 March 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the driver-perceived noise level of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors(7), Council Directive 80/51/EEC of 20 December 1979 on the limitation of noise emissions from subsonic aircraft(8) and its complementary directives, Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles(9) and Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors(10).
  • (5) 
    This Directive should inter alia provide a basis for developing and completing the existing set of Community measures concerning noise emitted by the major sources, in particular road and rail vehicles and infrastructure, aircraft, outdoor and industrial equipment and mobile machinery, and for developing additional measures, in the short, medium and long term.
  • (6) 
    Certain categories of noise such as noise created inside means of transport and noise from domestic activities should not be subject to this Directive.
  • (7) 
    In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty, the Treaty objectives of achieving a high level of protection of the environment and of health will be better reached by complementing the action of the Member States by a Community action achieving a common understanding of the noise...

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