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Noise Pollution: Harmonisation of National Legislation Marcello Zinno info@ucif.net
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wo legislative decrees on noise pollution (no. 41 of February 17th, 2017 and no. 42 February 17th, 2017) were published in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic no. 79 of April 4th, 2017. This was done to implement the mandate to the Government for the reorganisation of the regulatory measures regarding the protection of outdoor and indoor environments against the noise pollution produced by fixed and mobile sound sources according to the EC legislation. The legislative decree no. 41/2017 ‘Provisions for the harmonisation of national legislation on noise pollution with the directive 2000/14/EC and with the regulation (CE) no. 765/2008, in compliance with the article 19, paragraph 2, letters i), l) e m) of the law of October 30th, 2014, no. 161’ includes changes to the legislative decree no. 262 of September 4th, 2002 ‘Implementation of the directive 2000/14/EC concerning the environmental noise emission of machinery and equipment intended for outdoor operation’. These changes include as follows: - The clarification that, if the manufacturer is not based in the European Union and has not identified any agent, the obligations set out in the legislative decree no. 262/2002 fall on anyone, a natural or legal person, who markets
or puts into service its machines and equipment on the national territory; - A clarification on the activities of Certification Bodies; - A clarification of sanctions. On the other hand, the legislative decree no. 42/2017 ‘Provisions for the harmonisation of national legislation on noise pollution in compliance with the article 19, paragraph 2, letters a), b), c), d), e), f) and h) of the law of October 30th, 2014, no. 161’ includes the following changes: - Changes to the legislative decree no. 194 of August 19th, 2005 ‘Implementation of the directive 2002/49/EC relating to
the assessment and management of environmental noise’ (republished on October 13th, 2005); - Changes to the law no. 447 of October 26th, 1995 ‘Framework law on noise pollution’; - The legislative decree no. 42/2017 requires the establishment of a Commission for the Protection against Noise Pollution at the Ministry of the Environment and the Protection of the Territory and the Sea, with technical-scientific support tasks; - The decree also sets out general criteria for the exercise of the profession of acoustic technician. Both decrees entered into force on April 19th, 2017.
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