The European Committee of the Regions say in a new report EU should be more vocal on noise pollution https://www.cor.europa.eu/en/news/eu-should-be-more-vocal-noise-pollution-local-and-regional-leaders-say

In an opinion adopted on 7 May, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) argues that the Commission should consider revising the Environmental Noise Directive, introducing ambitious noise reduction requirements at EU level and aligning the noise exposure reporting thresholds with those recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The aim of the proposals is to reach a target set out in the EU’s Zero Pollution Action Plan of reducing the number of people chronically disturbed by transport noise by 30% by 2030,

The opinion on EU sound policies, which was drafted by Marieke Schouten (NL/Greens+Progressives), Alderman of the Municipality of Nieuwegein, regrets that existing noise mapping and action planning under the Environmental Noise Directive have delivered little real progress in reducing noise in our living environment. Moreover, noise exposure disproportionately affects urban populations and often socially and economically disadvantaged and vulnerable communities.