Regulation on the assessment and regulation of environmental noise.

This Regulation of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia is composed of 11 articles and six Annexes. The aim of this Regulation is to define a common approach intended to avoid, prevent or reduce those harmful effects which derive from the exposure to environmental noise. In particular it relates to: (1) methods of assessment of environmental noise; (2) determination of the exposure to noise by mapping the exposure of populated areas to noise; (3) providing access to information on environmental noise and its effects to the public; (4) preparation of an operational program of protection against noise for the purpose of preventing and reducing the environmental noise; (5) preparing the program of activities in areas where, due to noise pollution, the noise is classified as environmental degradation. The Regulation is divided into the following Sections: General provisions (Sec. 1); Noise indicators and thire use (Sec. 2); Assessment methods (Sec. 3); Strategic noise maps (Sec. 4); Operation programme for protection against noise (Sec. 5); Reporting to the Commission of the European Union (Sec. 6); Transitional and final provisions (Sec. 7).