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This study, provided by the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Petitions, aims to provide a clear and simple overview to the non-expert reader, on the Impact of aircrafts noise pollution on residents of large cities, as well as to give recommendations addressed to the most relevant actors. Noise is one of the most important problems linked to aviation. It can lead to health issues, as well as to negative social and economic effects ...

Technological advances and societal changes have triggered a drastic evolution in mobility. Alongside other trends, such as digitalisation, autonomous driving and shared mobility, electric mobility is also gaining momentum. Electric mobility could help the EU to achieve its goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, noise and dependence on oil. However, the extent of this help will depend on a number of factors, such as the share of electric vehicles in the overall vehicle fleet and ...

Luftverschmutzung schadet unserer Gesundheit und unserer Umwelt. Sie ist hauptsächlich auf Industrie, Verkehr, Energieerzeugung und Landwirtschaft zurückzuführen. Die Luftqualitätsstrategie der EU zielt auf eine vollständige Einhaltung der Rechtsvorschriften zur Luftqualität bis 2020 ab und setzt langfristige Ziele bis 2030. Die Richtlinie über Umgebungslärm trägt dazu bei, die Lärmpegel in der EU zu ermitteln und die notwendigen Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, um diese Pegel auf ein hinnehmbares Maß zu ...

The IA contains a wealth of information, data and research, both internal and external, but some parts of the complex analysis lack clarity and coherence. The extensive quantitative estimations are not always comparable in structure and thus difficult to relate to each other. The potential contribution of the options to the reduction of CO2 emissions and to the REFIT exercise remains vague, as well as their impact on SMEs. The IA concludes that higher revenues, better road quality and considerable ...

The EU has some 6 million motor boats, sailing boats and personal watercraft (jet skis) used for sports and leisure, i.e. non-commercial purposes. The European Commission has proposed to update the Directive which sets out the requirements for such craft to be put on the EU market. In particular it would further tighten environmental requirements and enhance measures to ensure compliance.

Air traffic demand is expected to continue growing. However, noise –particularly around airports – may have significant impact on citizens' health. In parallel to proposed measures for increasing airport capacity, the European Commission has tabled a proposal for a Regulation aimed at revising the rules on restricting operations at an EU airport because of noise.

Die Studie befasst sich mit den neusten Erkenntnissen über die gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen von Umgebungslärm. Sie bietet außerdem eine Übersicht über den aktuellen EU-Rechtsrahmen zur Lärmbekämpfung (Umgebungslärmrichtlinie und Rechtsvorschriften über Lärmquellen), bewertet dessen Wirksamkeit und zeigt Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten für die Zukunft auf. Sie enthält zudem Empfehlungen für die Erarbeitung einer umfassenderen Lärmbekämpfungsstrategie.

Die Internalisierung der externen Kosten im Verkehrssektor zählt zu den anspruchsvollsten Aufgaben, denen sich die europäische Verkehrspolitik in den nächsten Jahren gegenübersieht. Die Studie gibt einen knappen Überblick über die wichtigsten und neuesten Studien zur Frage der externen Kosten, erläutert die Stärken und Schwächen der verschiedenen Ansätze und geht näher auf die laufenden Arbeiten der Direktion Verkehr der Kommission, das IMPACT-Handbuch zur Abschätzung der externen Kosten im Verkehrssektor ...

This report summarises policy options and provides background information relevant to the impact of aviation on the environment and on human health. The report focuses on the impacts judged to be most significant and has been carried out through a combination of literature survey (reviewed literature and available grey literature), interviews with individuals from key European organisations involved in aviation, environment, or aviation medicine, and internet research. The impacts surveyed are ...

This working document provides an indication of the challenges the European Union continues to confront as well as the progressive policy responses the European Parliament has been able to make. The purpose of this publication is to provide all those who work with EU legislation with a concise overview of environment policy up to April 1999.