Brussels, 09/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 9 December, the European Commission presented a proposal to reduce the noise produced by vehicles, trucks, buses, coaches, vans and heavy goods vehicles.
The upper limits for noise will be cut in two stages by 2 dB(A) each for passenger cars, vans, buses and coaches. For trucks, the reduction would be 1 dB(A) in the first stage and 2 dB(A) in the second. The first stage would be implemented two years after the publication of the text, once it...