1.5.2 Noise Pollution

In the field of noise protection important progress has been made in recent years in legal and practical terms. Firstly, after protracted and arduous negotiations it has proved possible to radically amend the Law on Protection against Aircraft Noise, which did not prove particularly helpful since it first hit the statute books in 1971. Secondly, progress has been made on the enforcement of the noise reduction plan introduced on the basis of the EU Directive on Environmental Noise.