The Madrid City Council initially approved the Madrid Noise Pollution Action Plan on 23
December 2009.
This map is designed to comply with the requirements of EU legislation and of the Noise
Law.
Managing organisation
Environmental Department.
Documentation consultation
Madrid Noise Pollution Action Plan.
Period
This access will be available for an unlimited period.
Legal
basis
Environmental noise is currently regulated by the Noise Law (Law 37/2003, 17 November) and the
regulations developed from it by Royal Decrees 1513/2005 and 1367/2007, Decree 78/1999 regulating
the protection against noise pollution in the Region of Madrid, and at the municipal level, by the
Regulations to Protect the Atmosphere against Pollution by Energy Forms.
Procedures
Article 7 of Decree 78/1999, 27 May, regulating the protection against noise pollution in the
Region of Madrid.
Decree 78/1999, 27 May, regulating the protection against noise pollution in the Region of
Madrid, states the following.
City Council departments are responsible for setting up
corrective measures for preventing and correcting noise pollution within their areas of
authority.