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". – Mr President, I am very pleased that the Environmental Noise Directive, which the Commission proposed in July 2000, is now entering the final stage of its adoption. Noise is an important environmental problem which we know concerns millions of EU citizens. Thus the Commission is glad that this new legislation will soon enter into force and allow better protection of people exposed to environmental noise in Europe. There is already a set of existing EU legislation relating to noise sources such as motor vehicles, aircraft, equipment used outdoors and so on.
I should like to express my gratitude to the rapporteur, Mr de Roo, as well as to all the members of the parliamentary delegation and the Conciliation Committee. I appreciate the commitment that Mr de Roo has shown to this issue. In particular, the Commission takes due note of the strong interest expressed by your institution for legislation relating to sources of noise.
However, while the Commission welcomes the agreement on a joint text, which was reached on 8 April 2002 by the Conciliation Committee, we have serious concerns with regard to the provisions of modified Article 1 of this directive. For this reason the Commission has decided to make the following declaration:
The Commission takes note of the text agreed for Article 1 of the Environmental Noise Directive by the Members of the Conciliation Committee for the European Parliament and the Council. The Commission considers that legislative proposals to reduce noise emissions from all major sources should be made on the basis of robust evidence supporting such proposals. This is in line with the knowledge-based approach for policy making as proposed in the Sixth Environmental Action Programme and approved by the European Parliament and the Council. In this regard the reports required for Member States under the directive, on the basis of harmonised noise indicators, will be an essential element. The provision of such data across the Community will allow the impact and benefits of possible measures to be properly assessed prior to presenting Community legislative proposals.
Therefore, and in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Commission will evaluate the need to come forward with new legislative proposals, reserving its right to decide as and when it would be appropriate to present any such proposals. This is consistent with the Commission's right of initiative as laid out in the Treaty, while the requirements of Article 1(2) relating to the submission of new proposals within a fixed timeframe appear to be prejudicial to this right.
That is the statement the Commission wishes to make."@en1
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