EU legislation on noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors: latest developments European Commission DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW) Unit C3 – Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Systems

Legislative references 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) – as amended by Directive 2005/88/EC (OJ L 344, 27.12.2005, p. 44), Corrigendum 05/88 (OJ L 165, 17.6.2006, p. 35) and Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 109) - Applicable since 3 January 2002

Initiative to revise the Directive Several issues to be taken into consideration: Adaptation to the technical progress: scope (lists of equipment), noise limits, conformity assessment procedures, notified bodies, standards for noise measurements methods (test codes) Administration and information: marking, labelling, collection of noise data Structure and format: alignment to the "New Legislative Framework" (Decision No 768/2008/EC and other instruments), conversion into a Regulation instead of a Directive

Ongoing activities (I) Supporting study for an evaluation and impact assessment of Directive 2000/14/EC: Carried out by external consultants (VVA and consortium) Started in May 2017, lasting 12 months; final results to be delivered mid-2018 Inception Impact Assessment ("Roadmap"): latest version to be published in the Commission's "Better Regulation" website in November 2017 Open Public Consultation: to be launched in December 2017 ("EUSurvey"), running 12 weeks

Ongoing activities (II) Indicative planning for the revision of Directive 2000/14/EC and the adoption of a new EU legislation on Outdoor Noise Emission: Second half of 2018: drafting of the Commission Proposal and the related Impact Assessment Report 2019: submission of the Commission Proposal and the related Impact Assessment Report to the EU co- legislators (European Parliament and the Council) 2020-2021: adoption? 2021-2023: transition period and implementation?

Ongoing activities (III) Working parties under the EU legislation on Outdoor Noise Emission: Committee (under Article 18 of Directive 2000/14/EC) and Working Group: next meeting planned on 23 January 2018 Administrative Co-operation (AdCo) Group: last meeting held in October 2017; next meeting planned in September/October 2018 European Coordination of Notified Bodies Group: next meeting planned in February 2018

References and contacts Commission's sectorial website on Noise Emission by Outdoor Equipment: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/mechanical- engineering/noise-emissions/ CE marking: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/ce- marking/ New Legislative Framework: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single- market/goods/new-legislative-framework The 'Blue Guide' on the implementation of EU product rules: http://ec.europa.eu/DocsRoom/documents/18027 CIRCABC https://circabc.europa.eu Interest Groups: Noise Emissions, Noise emissions - Adco, Noise Emission NB DG GROW contacts: Mario.GABRIELLI-COSSELLU@ec.europa.eu, GROW-DIR-NOISE@ec.europa.eu