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Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996 of 19 May 2015 establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

EU Directive 2015/996 · Adopted 19 May 2015 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996

of 19 May 2015

establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noisef1, and in particular Article 6, paragraph 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

According to its Article 1, the aim of Directive 2002/49/EC is to define a common approach intended to avoid, prevent or reduce on a prioritised basis the harmful effects, including annoyance, due to exposure to environmental noise. To that end the Member States shall determine the exposure to environmental noise, through noise mapping, by methods of assessment common to the Member States, shall ensure that information on environmental noise and its effects is made available to the public and shall adopt action plans based upon noise-mapping results, with a view to preventing and reducing environmental noise where necessary and particularly where exposure levels can induce harmful effects on human health, and to preserving environmental noise quality where it is good.

(2)

According to Article 5 of Directive 2002/49/EC, Member States shall apply the noise indicators (Lden and Lnight) referred to in Annex I to that Directive for the preparation and revision of strategic noise mapping in accordance with Article 7.

(3)

According to Article 6 of Directive 2002/49/EC, the values of the noise indicators (Lden and Lnight) shall be determined by means of the assessment methods defined in Annex II to that Directive.

(4)

According to Article 6 of Directive 2002/49/EC, the Commission shall establish common assessment methods for the determination of the noise indicators Lden and Lnight through a revision of Annex II.

(5)

According to Article 7 of Directive 2002/49/EC, Member States shall ensure that strategic noise maps are made no later than 30 June 2007 and 30 June 2012 and thereafter reviewed, and revised if necessary, at least every 5 years.

(6)

Directive 2002/49/EC provides for action plans to be based on strategic noise maps. Strategic noise maps shall be drawn up with the common assessment methods when these methods have been adopted by Member States. However, Member States may use other methods to design measures addressing priorities identified by using the common methods as well as for assessment of other national measures to prevent and reduce environmental noise.

(7)

In 2008, the Commission launched the development of the common noise assessment methodological framework through the project ‘Common Noise Assessment Methods in the EU’ (CNOSSOS-EU) led by its Joint Research Centre. The project was carried out in close consultation with the Committee established under Article 18 of Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilf2, and other experts from Member States. Its results were published in the JRC Reference Report on CNOSSOS-EUf3.

(8)

The Annex to this Commission Directive sets out the common assessment methods. Member States are required to use these methods from 31 December 2018 onwards.

(9)

The assessment methods provided for in the Annex to this Directive are, according to its Article 2, paragraph 1, to be adopted by 31 December 2018 at the latest and until that date Member States may, according to Article 6, paragraph 2 of Directive 2002/49/EC, continue to use the existing assessment methods that they have previously adopted at the national level.

(10)

In accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2002/49/EC, the Commission shall adapt Annex II to technical and scientific progress.

(11)

Apart from the adaptation to scientific and technical progress in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2002/49/EC, the Commission shall endeavour to modify the Annex based on the experience from Member States.

(12)

The common assessment methods are also to be used for the purpose of other EU legislation where that legislation refers to Annex II to Directive 2002/49/EC.

(13)

The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 13 of Directive 2002/49/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 189, 18.7.2002, p. 12.

f2

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 (OJ L 162, 3.7.2000, p. 1).

f3

Common Noise Assessment Methods in Europe (CNOSSOS-EU) — JRC Reference Report, EUR 25379 EN. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2012, — ISBN 978-92-79-25281-5

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. Signature
  6. Annex
  7. (Referred to in Article 6 of Directive 2002/49/EC)
  8. 1INTRODUCTION
  9. COMMON NOISE ASSESSMENT METHODS
  10. General provisions — Road traffic, railway and industrial noise
  11. 2.1.1Indicators, frequency range and band definitions
  12. Quality framework
  13. Accuracy of input values
  14. Use of default values
  15. Quality of the software used for the calculations
  16. Road traffic noise
  17. Source description
  18. Classification of vehicles
  19. Number and position of equivalent sound sources
  20. Sound power emission
  21. General considerations
  22. Traffic flow
  23. Individual vehicle
  24. 2.2.2Reference conditions
  25. Rolling noise
  26. General equation
  27. Correction for studded tyres
  28. Effect of air temperature on rolling noise correction
  29. Propulsion noise
  30. General equation
  31. Effect of road gradients
  32. 2.2.5Effect of the acceleration and deceleration of vehicles
  33. Effect of the type of road surface
  34. General principles
  35. Age effect on road surface noise properties
  36. Railway noise
  37. Source description
  38. Classification of vehicles
  39. Definition of vehicle and train
  40. Classification of tracks and support structure
  41. Number and position of the equivalent sound sources
  42. Sound power emission
  43. General equations
  44. Individual vehicle
  45. Traffic flow
  46. Rolling noise
  47. Wheel and rail roughness
  48. Definition
  49. Vehicle, track and superstructure transfer function
  50. Impact noise (crossings, switches and junctions)
  51. Squeal
  52. Traction noise
  53. Aerodynamic noise
  54. Source directivity
  55. Additional effects
  56. Correction for structural radiation (bridges and viaducts)
  57. Correction for other railway-related noise sources
  58. Industrial noise
  59. Source description
  60. Classification of source types (point, line, area)
  61. Number and position of equivalent sound sources
  62. Sound power emission
  63. General
  64. Source directivity
  65. Calculation of noise propagation for road, railway, industrial sources.
  66. 2.5.1Scope and applicability of the method
  67. 2.5.2Definitions used
  68. Geometrical considerations
  69. Source segmentation
  70. Propagation paths
  71. Significant heights above the ground
  72. Calculation of the mean plane
  73. Reflections by building façades and other vertical obstacles
  74. 2.5.4Sound propagation model
  75. 2.5.5Calculation process
  76. Sound level in favourable conditions (LF) for a path (S,R)
  77. Sound level in homogeneous conditions (LH) for a path (S,R)
  78. Statistical approach inside urban areas for a path (S,R)
  79. Long-term sound level for a path (S,R)
  80. Division
  81. Long-term sound level at point R for all paths
  82. Long-term sound level at point R in decibels A (dBA)
  83. Calculation of noise propagation for road, railway, industrial sources.
  84. Geometrical divergence
  85. Atmospheric absorption
  86. Ground effect
  87. Acoustic characterisation of ground
  88. Calculations in homogeneous conditions
  89. Calculation in favourable conditions
  90. Diffraction
  91. General principles
  92. Pure diffraction
  93. Calculation of the path difference
  94. Homogeneous conditions
  95. Division
  96. Favourable conditions
  97. Calculation of the attenuation Adif
  98. Calculation of the term Δ ground(S,O)
  99. Calculation of the term Δ ground(O,R)
  100. Vertical edge scenarios
  101. Reflections on vertical obstacles
  102. Attenuation through absorption
  103. Attenuation through retrodiffraction
  104. General provisions — Aircraft noise
  105. 2.6.1Definitions and symbols
  106. Terms
  107. Symbols
  108. Subscripts
  109. Quality framework
  110. Accuracy of input values
  111. Use of default values
  112. Quality of the software used for the calculations
  113. Aircraft noise
  114. 2.7.1Aim and scope of document
  115. 2.7.2Outline of the document
  116. 2.7.3The concept of segmentation
  117. 2.7.4Flight paths: Tracks and profiles
  118. 2.7.5Aircraft noise and performance
  119. 2.7.6Airport and aircraft operations
  120. General airport data
  121. Runway data
  122. Ground track data
  123. Air traffic data
  124. Topographical data
  125. Reference conditions
  126. Reference conditions for NPD data
  127. Reference conditions for aeroplane aerodynamic and engine data
  128. 2.7.7Description of the flight path
  129. 2.7.8Relationships between flight path and flight configuration
  130. Sources of flight path data
  131. Radar data
  132. Procedural steps
  133. Coordinate systems
  134. The local coordinate system
  135. The ground-track fixed coordinate system
  136. The aircraft coordinate system
  137. Accounting for topography
  138. Ground Tracks
  139. Backbone tracks
  140. Track dispersion
  141. 2.7.12Flight profiles
  142. 2.7.13Construction of flight path segments
  143. Ground track
  144. Flight profile
  145. Segmentation of the takeoff ground roll
  146. Example:
  147. Division
  148. Segmentation of the initial climb segment
  149. Example:
  150. Division
  151. Segmentation of airborne segments
  152. The landing ground roll
  153. 2.7.14Noise calculation for a single event
  154. 2.7.15Single event metrics
  155. 2.7.16Determination of event levels from NPD-data
  156. Impedance adjustment of standard NPD data
  157. General expressions
  158. Segment event level Lseg
  159. Event noise level L of an aircraft movement
  160. 2.7.18Flight path segment parameters
  161. Geometric parameters
  162. Segment power P
  163. 2.7.19Segment Event level correction terms
  164. The duration correction DV (Exposure levels LE only)
  165. Sound propagation geometry
  166. Engine installation correction ΔI
  167. Lateral attenuation Λ(β,ℓ) (infinite flight path)
  168. Finite segment lateral attenuation
  169. The finite segment correction ΔF (Exposure levels LE only)
  170. Specific Treatments of Ground-roll Segments, including the start-of-roll directivity function Δ SOR
  171. The start-of-roll directivity function Δ SOR
  172. Treatment of receivers located behind each takeoff and landing ground-roll segment
  173. 2.7.20Event noise level L of a general-aviation aircraft movement
  174. 2.7.21Method for the Calculation of Helicopter Noise
  175. 2.7.22Noise associated with Engine Testing (Run-Up) Operations, taxiing and auxiliary power units
  176. 2.7.23Calculation of cumulative levels
  177. 2.7.24Weighted equivalent sound levels
  178. 2.7.25The weighted number of operations
  179. 2.7.26Standard grid calculation and refinement
  180. 2.7.27Use of rotated grids
  181. 2.7.28Tracing of contours
  182. 2.8Assigning noise levels and population to buildings
  183. Determination of the number of inhabitants of a building
  184. CASE 1: the data on the number of inhabitants is available
  185. CASE 2: no data on the number of inhabitants is available
  186. Assigning receiver points to the façades of buildings
  187. CASE 1
  188. CASE 2
  189. 3INPUT DATA
  190. 4MEASUREMENT METHODS
  191. AData requirements
  192. BFlight performance calculations
  193. CModelling of lateral ground track spreading
  194. DRecalculation of NPD-data for non-reference conditions
  195. EThe finite segment correction
  196. FDatabase for road traffic source
  197. GDatabase for railway source
  198. HDatabase for industrial source
  199. IDatabase for aircraft source — NPD data