In 2006 the Working Group - Assessment of Exposure to Noise (WG-AEN) produced the 'Good Practice Guide for Strategic Noise Mapping and the Production of Associated Data on Noise Exposure'. One of the aims of this guide is to provide guidance on a consistent approach in interpretation of specific issues raised by member states in relation to the development of Noise Maps and associated population exposure as set out in Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, commonly known as the Environmental Noise Directive and hereinafter is referred to as the 'END'. From their work on this Good Practice Guide it was evident to members of the Working Group that there were unclear and missing provisions associated with the Directive. Therefore, as part of its terms of reference for 2007, the WG-AEN was asked to draft a working paper on the 'Identification of the Provisions in Directive 2002/49/EC in relation to Strategic Noise Maps which are unclear or missing. The working paper did not consider implications of Annex V (Minimum Requirements for Action Plans) and portions of Annex VI (Data to be sent to the Commission), as Action Plans did not fall within the remit of this Working Group. To a large extent the Environmental Noise Directive Reporting Mechanism (ENDRM) clarified what data is to be forwarded to the Commission.
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