This guide is intended to assist policy makers and competent authorities in understanding and fulfilling the action planning requirements of Directive 2002/49/EC.

This good practice guide is intended to assist policymakers, competent authorities and any other interested parties in understanding and fulfilling Prefacethe requirements of the directive by making recommendations on linking action planning to recent evidence relating to the health impacts of environmental noise and, among others, the Night Noise Guidelines for Europe as recently presented by the World Health Organisation.