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News: Effectiveness of EU tyre label scheme will depend on retailers

The European Parliament has approved a new energy efficiency, safety and noise labelling scheme for new tyres. Transport & Environment says the label is a step forward but much will now depend on national authorities being strict on implementing the scheme.

News: Click for noise

Europeans wanting to know how noisy their area is can now find out at the click of a mouse.

November 16, 2009 | Noise | T&E Bulletin

News: Concerns on effectiveness of tyre label scheme

MEPs, the Commission and officials of member states have agreed a labelling scheme for new tyres that T&E says is a step forward but much will now depend on national authorities being strict on implementing the scheme.

October 14, 2009 | Cars | Noise | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: Road noise and blood pressure

A Swedish study says a quarter of European people live near roads where noise levels are likely to raise blood pressure to risky levels. A team from the University of Lund found that the risk of high blood pressure rose by more than 25% with noise levels above 60 decibels, putting them at risk of heart disease and stroke. The studay, which was based on a sample of just under 28,000 people, is published in the Environmental Health Journal.

October 14, 2009 | Noise | T&E Bulletin

News: EU punctures tyre efficiency label plan

Sustainable transport campaigners and consumer groups have jointly criticised a last-minute EU deal on a new energy efficiency, safety and noise label for vehicle tyres. The latest legal text, set to be finalised on Thursday, would effectively turn the scheme into a voluntary programme, with no clear rules on how or where the labels should be displayed.

September 29, 2009 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Noise | Press Releases

News: Delegation of noise standard to UN-ECE could lead to louder cars

The dangers of the United Nations’ Geneva office taking over responsibility for regulating aspects of European transport have been thrown into sharp focus, after a draft for a legally binding standard designed to cut noise from cars allowed for traffic noise to get much louder.

September 11, 2009 | Cars | Noise | T&E Bulletin

News: UN noise regulations written by Porsche will lead to louder cars

Cars are set to become noisier as a result of a new legally-binding measurement standard to be agreed by a United Nations body.

August 31, 2009 | Cars | Noise | Press Releases

Publications: How the motor industry hijacked regulation of vehicle noise

Noise emissions from motor vehicles are regulated by the World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29), a body of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), based in Geneva. The European Community is a signatory, as well as individual EU Member States, meaning that UNECE vehicle regulations are directly applicable in EU and national law. This briefing explains the long history of failure of the UNECE to deliver effective regulation for quieter vehicles and argues for the regulation of vehicle noise to be moved back to the EU level in Brussels where there is appropriate democratic oversight.

August 31, 2009 | Cars | Noise

News: Commission relies on tyre fitters to give emissions and noise advice

The Commission has rejected several suggestions by MEPs to make the forthcoming revised EU law on tyre labelling easier for the public to understand.

News: The EU must not hand over more powers to Geneva

Editorial by Jos Dings, Director There’s an old joke that says the EU would not be allowed to be a member of itself. This is because it insists that all member states must have parliaments whose workings are open to the public, but the EU’s main decision-making body, the Council of Ministers, meets behind closed doors.