Article 11
Review and reporting 1. No later than 18 July 2009, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the implementation of this Directive. 2. That report shall in particular assess the need for further Community actions on environmental noise and, if appropriate, propose implementing strategies on aspects such as: (a) long-term and medium-term goals for the reduction of the number of persons harmfully affected by environmental noise, taking particularly into account the different climates and different cultures; (b) additional measures for a reduction of the environmental noise emitted by specific sources, in particular outdoor equipment, means and infrastructures of transport and certain categories of industrial activity, building on those measures already implemented or under discussion for adoption; (c) the protection of quiet areas in open country. 3. The report shall include a review of the acoustic environment quality in the Community based on the data referred to in Article 10 and shall take account of scientific and technical progress and any other relevant information. The reduction of harmful effects and the cost-effectiveness ratio shall be the main criteria for the selection of the strategies and measures proposed. 4. When the Commission has received the first set of strategic noise maps, it shall reconsider: - the possibility for a 1,5 metre measurement height in Annex I, paragraph 1, in respect of areas having houses of one storey, - the lower limit for the estimated number of people exposed to different bands of Lden and Lnight in Annex VI. 5. The report shall be reviewed every five years or more often if appropriate. It shall contain an assessment of the implementation of this Directive. 6. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by proposals for the amendment of this Directive.