ALPNAP Monitoring and Minimisation of Traffic-Induced Noise and Air Pollution Along Major Alpine Transport Routes

European background documents (last updated: 20 Dec 2006)

• European policies

• European directives

• Alpine Convention

• European Commission Transport R&D programme

• European Federation for Transport and Environment

• External project reports (ongoing and accomplished European projects)

return European policies 'Environment 2010: Our future, Our choice' - EC proposal of the 6th Environment Action Programme White paper: European transport policy for 2010: Time to decide European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) Trans European Transport Network (TEN) Research for a Quieter Europe in 2020 European Conference of Ministers Responsible for Regional Planning (CEMAT) Guiding Principles for Sustainable Spatial Development of the European Continent (CEMAT 2000) European Conference of Ministers for Transportation (ECMT) Sustainable Transport Policies Consolidated Resolution 2002/2 on combined transport European Conference of Ministers of Transport Resolution No 2003/1 on assessment and decision making for integrated transport and environment policy European Environment Agency Road freight transport and the environment in mountainous areas return EU directives Council Directive 96/62/EC on ambient air quality assessment and management The EU Air Quality Framework Directive (Comments) Council Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (END) Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures   Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (presented by the Commission)    return Alpine Convention Transport Protocol (German version) Transport Protocol (Italian version) Transport Protocol (French version) return European Commission Transport RTD Programme Road Transport Rail Transport Sustainable Mobility - Results from the Transport Research Programme European Transport Networks - Results from the transport research programme Transport Research in the European Research Area  return European Federation for Transport and Environment Bringing Trans-Alpine Freight Policy on Railtrack return External Project Reports and Studies MetaRail (Methodologies and Actions for Rail Noise and Vibration Control) - final project report Methodology for calculating transport emissions and energy consumptions - TRL report Methods of estimation of atmospheric emissions from transport - COST 319 final report Vertical ozone transports in the Alps (VOTALP II)  -  final project report Mountain Areas in Europe: Analysis of mountain areas in EU member states, acceding and other European countries   studies on air pollution and health (a link list provided by the University of Basel; partly in german only) return