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Environmental Noise Directive
Legal reference:
Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002on
the assessment and management of environmental noise
Questions
A. Which parts of the Directive have been transposed?
The Directive has been almost fully transposed into the national legislation through provisions
of the Law on Environmental Noise Protection (OJ MNE 28/2011 of 10 June 2011),
according Progress Monitoring for 2012 the transposition score is 96%. Also, part of
provisions are transposed through Rulebook on limit values of environmental noise, noise
indicators and acoustical zoning (OJ MNE 60/2011 of 16 December 2011).
The missing provisions are related to the scope of information provided to public on strategic
noise maps (Art. 9.2) and the Assessment Methods for Noise Indicators referred to in Art. 6
B.
How and when the remaining provisions will be transposed?
The remaining provisions shall be transposed by secondary legislation through Rulebook on
methods for measurement and calculation of environmental noise and contents of reports on
measured or calculated noise level - drafting process is ongoing and shall be completed and
adopted by the end of 2013. Also, Rulebook on contents and method of development of the
strategic noise maps will be adopted in 2013.
C.
What has been achieved as regards?
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Identifying competent authority/ies
Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism is competent for drafting the legislation in
this area, providing opinions on action plans prepared by the state authority responsible for
transport, providing opinions on report on the level of environmental noise, preparation of
action plans pertaining to the areas near the state borders together with competent authorities
of the neighbouring country and reporting to the European Commission.
Environmental Protection Agency collects information about particular acoustic zones,
proposes, implements and reports on annual noise monitoring program, issues permits to
accredited laboratories (permit for measuring the level of environmental noise and permit for
development of strategic maps and calculation of the noise level), collects and publishes noise
data.
Concessionaires, Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Transport and Maritime
Affairs and local authorities are in charge for development of strategic noise maps
respectively: preparation of strategic noise maps for agglomeration is in competence of local
authorities. For main roads operated by the concessionaire, the preparation of strategic noise
maps shall be provided by the concessionaire. For main roads operated by the state, the
preparation of strategic noise maps shall be provided by the Agency in cooperation with the
Ministry of transport.
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Establishing major roads, major railways, major airports and agglomerations
The Law on Environmental Noise Protection defined main road as road with an average
annual traffic flow of more than three million vehicles. According the data provided by
Directorate of Transport for 2011 Montenegro has 3 main road spots: road Podgorica –
Cetinje /Gornji Kokoti 3.150.222/, road Podgorica – Danilovgrad /Curilac 3.320.707/, road
Tivat – Budva /Radanovici – 4.281.613/. The number in the brackets represents the annual
daily average number of vehicles. As for agglomerations, Montenegro has one with over
100,000 inhabitants – Podgorica, according to the data of Statistical Office. In accordance
with traffic frequency requirements stated in the Directive, Montenegro does not have major
railways and major airports.
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Establishing noise assessment methods
The Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism shall adopt the Rulebook on methods
for measurement and calculation of environmental noise and contents of reports on measured
or calculated noise levels, on the basis of the Article 8 of the Law on protection from
environmental noise. The Rulebook drafting process is ongoing and shall be completed and
adopted by the end of 2013. Rulebook will also transpose the Recommendation of 6th August
2003 concerning the guidelines on the revised interim computation methods for industrial
noise, aircraft noise, road traffic noise and railway noise, and related emission data.
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Drawing up noise maps
According to the Law on protection from environmental noise development of noise maps is
planed by 30th June 2017. Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism shall adopt the
Rulebook on contents and method of making strategic noise maps will be adopted in 2013.
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Drawing up noise reduction plans
Action plans shall be prepared by 2019. An Action Plan shall include, among the other,
measures taken to reduce noise, as well as planned projects, planned measures and actions to
be taken, including measures to preserve quiet areas, long-term measures to reduce noise
levels.
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Involving (actively) the public
The Law on protection from environmental noise prescribes that the authorities responsible
for preparing the action plans shall inform interested public on the method and terms for
access to draft action plans, submission of comments, the time and place of the public
hearing, through the media. A public hearing shall be conducted by the authority competent to
prepare an action plan and draw up a report on the conducted public hearing. Also, adopted
action plans shall be published on the website of the authority competent.
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Establishing a mechanism to provide information to the public
All data on environmental noise and the strategic noise maps shall be published on the
website of the Agency. Proposals for action plans will be available through the public
consultation process. Action plans will be available on the internet site of the body competent
for approving the plan. All these data shall also be accessible through three Aarhus centers
active in the country.