1. SET UP UNDER DIRECTIVE 2002/49/EC
NOISE EXPERT GROUP
SET UP UNDER DIRECTIVE 2002/49/EC
DG Environment, Brussels, Belgium

2. Agenda 23 February 13:00-18:00 Welcome, introduction and presentation
Tour de table to identify the issues to be considered for guidance (all)
Tour de table on the needs from the Member States concerning the guidance
for specific components of the Annex II (e.g.: on quality framework, on
input values, on population attribution and on software requirements).
15:45-16:00 coffee break
Prioritisation of the issues to be addressed.
24 February 9:30-13:30
Discussion on contributions of the Member States.
11:00-11:15 coffee break
AOB

3. Objective of the meeting:
Scope
Implementation of the new Annex II – Creation of a platform to discuss common questions and propose solutions
Objective of the meeting:
Identify major issues in the implementation of the new Annex II
Prioritise them
Identify:
ready solutions
ongoing work tackling such issues
further work needed and timescale
Propose contributions from Member States

4. The Commission Directive 2015/996
Date of entry into force: 31/12/2018
Structure:
Quality framework
Accuracy of input values
Use of default values
Quality of the software used for the calculations
Road traffic noise
Source description
Sound power emission
Railway noise
Industrial noise
Calculation of noise propagation for road, railway, industrial sources
General provisions — Aircraft noise (+ad-hoc quality framework)
Assigning noise levels and population to buildings
Input data
Measurement methods
Appendixes (A-E aircraft, F road, G railway, H industrial, I aircraft)

5. What has been made available
The Commission Directive
The new Annex II
The Appendixes to Annex II
Open source code for propagation
Open source code for input data (databases)
Methodologies to convert existing national databases
On-line guidelines (JRC website)
Annex II Version A

6. Methodologies to convert existing national databases
Existing databases can be converted from existing national databases (e.g.: NMPB, CRTN, RLS90, SRMII, Nord 2000) and new ( ) measurements within the HARMONOISE and IMAGINE projects.

7. Databases
Databases were developed in cooperation with technical experts of Member States
Databases are embedded in an open source code that can be used by software to directly upload the data
A set of technical documents is available on CIRCA to explain how to convert existing databases into the CNOSSOS-EU
For the most widely used methods in the EU, conversion tables are provided, thus there is the possibility for a direct conversion of existing noise mapping models

8. Guidelines