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GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• policy evaluation
• national or international setting of limit values.
In the EU Position Paper (European Commission, 2002a) an overview of national
night-time noise regulations can be found.
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100
Fig. 5.1
Effects of road traffic
noise at night*
% incease/ % population
40
30
20
10
Average motility
Highly sleep disturbed
Awakenings
Infarcts
80
60
40
20
Number awakenings/year
0
0
20–25
25–30
30–35
35–40
40–45
45–50
50–55
55–60
60–65
Lnight,outside in 5 dB classes
Source: European Commission, 2002 a
* Average motility and infarcts are expressed in percent increase (compared to baseline number); the number of
highly sleep disturbed people is expressed as a percent of the population; awakenings are expressed in number
of additional awakenings per year.
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100
Fig. 5.2
Effects of aircraft
noise at night*
% incease/ % population
40
30
20
10
Average motility
Highly sleep disturbed
Infarcts
Awakenings
80
60
40
20
Number awakenings/year
0
Complainers
0
20–25
25–30
30–35
35–40
40–45
45–50
50–55
55–60
60–65
Source: European Commission, 2002 a
* Average motility and infarcts are expressed in percent increase (compared to baseline number); the number
of highly sleep disturbed people is expressed as percent of the population; complainers are expressed as a
percent of the neighbourhood population; awakenings are expressed in number of additional awakenings
per year.
NIGHT NOISE GUIDELINES FOR EUROPE