Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (PPE), in writing. - I have voted in support of the Council’s position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC (17695/1/2013 – C7-0060/2014 – 2011/0409(COD)). This regulation will help the environment by limiting air and noise pollution levels. It will be implemented on all vehicles in three phases with the first starting on 1 January 2017, which will, for example, result in a reduction to a 68dB limit value for passenger cars. As was the concern of many of my colleagues and myself, we have insisted on and got approved protection for the blind and other vulnerable people through the installation of appropriate vehicle alerting systems in electric vehicles. Also, the Parliament and Council have agreed that such systems should be mandatory; it has been agreed that this will apply to new vehicle types within three years following the date of application of the regulation and within five years for all electric and hybrid electric vehicles.