ABSTRACT
The Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC (further to be addressed as END) asked the European Union (EU) member states to prepare noise maps and action plans for a limited number of agglomerations (those with more than 250,000 inhabitants), major roads (over 6 million vehicles per year), major rail (more than 60,000 trains per year), and major airports (more than 50,000 aircraft movements).1 This is required for the rst round of maps, which was to be submitted to the Commission before 30 July 2007, and only a few member states (MS for short) have done so.
