The Commission has once again postponed proposals on limiting road noise from tyres by six months.
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The existing directive, which dates from 2001, was only supposed to be an introductory measure, with new proposals to be presented by the end of 2004. The latest deadline for the revision was the end of this year, but last month the Commission announced there would be no new proposals until June.
T&E policy officer Nina Renshaw said: ‘It’s hard to know what we can do to get noise taken seriously in Brussels. The existing directive was so weak when it came into force that it did nothing to encourage improved noise-reduction technology, and now the Commission is clearly in no rush to update it. It’s a kick in the teeth for all those who suffer from excessive noise who had hoped the EU would offer them some help.’
This news story is taken from the December 2007 edition of T&E Bulletin.
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