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The March 2015 DVG manual gives technical and public-health guidance for music events. The official Landscourant reproduced it on 24 January 2025. The Aruban ordinances and decrees are separate primary legal sources.
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The March 2015 DVG document frames a practical reference for harmful and nuisance sound at music events in Aruba.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗De doelstelling van dit document is het bewerkstelligen van normen en richtlijnen voor schadelijk en hinderlijk geluid voor wat betreft muziekevenementen.
The manual states when its guideline was intended to take effect.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Deze richtlijn treedt in werking op 1 juni 2015.
The document lists hearing trauma, hearing damage, sleep disruption, communication problems and nuisance among the possible effects.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Pijn en trauma van het gehoor; Gehoorbeschadiging; Verstoring van rust en slaap; Communicatieverstoring; Hinder.
The manual presents 80 dB(A) LAeqw as a level that can be harmful and calls for effective hearing protection to be available.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Geluidsniveaus vanaf 80 dB (A) LAeqw, kunnen schadelijk zijn voor de gezondheid.
The manual says exposure above 85 dB(A) LAeqw should be limited to two or three hours and hearing protection should be mandatory.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗De blootstellingduur in acht nemend, dienen bij geluidsniveaus boven de 85 dB (A) LAeqw de blootstellingduur beperkt te worden tot maximaal 2 tot 3 uur.
The manual calls for measures to reduce sound above 90 dB(A) and adequate hearing protection.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Bij geluidsniveaus boven de 90 dB(A) moeten maatregelen genomen worden om het niveau te reduceren.
LAeq is presented as a time-averaged sound level. The measurement period must be named, such as 15 or 60 minutes.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Dit soort decibelnorm wil zeggen dat men het geluid meet gedurende een bepaalde tijd ... en dan een gemiddelde over die tijdsduur berekent.
For jump-ins, the manual uses a one-minute LAeq range that depends on the time and the location, venue and nearby homes.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Voor 24:00 Laeq 1 min = 90-100 dB(A) · Na 24:00 Laeq 1 min = 85-95 dB(A).
For jump-ups and carnival processions, the manual places the measurement ten metres perpendicular to the road edge.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Het geluidsniveau gemeten op 10 meter afstand loodrecht op de rand van de weg ... Laeq 1 min = 90 dB(A).
The event method in the manual specifies A-weighting, Fast response, a one-minute duration and a height of 1.5 metres.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Weging: A · Reactietijd: Fast · Meetduur: 1 minuut · Meethoogte: 1.5 meter boven de grond.
The carnival section recommends at least five metres between the audience and the loudspeaker, because levels rise quickly near the source.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Hanteer minstens een afstand van 5 meter tussen het publiek en de luidspreker.
The manual recommends that earplugs be made freely available to the public and attenuate at least 30 decibels.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗oordopjes dienen gratis ter beschikking gesteld worden aan het publiek. Deze dienen tenminste tot 30 decibels te dempen.
For enclosed places with amplified music, the manual describes a 15-minute and 60-minute LAeq limit at a representative audience position.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Bij muziekactiviteiten mag het geluid niet harder zijn dan 90 dB(A) LAeq,15min, met een maximaal niveau van 93 dB(A) LAeq, 60min.
The manual describes a sequence of warning, process-verbal and stopping the music after a third violation, subject to the competent authority.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗Bij de derde overtreding van het vorengestelde wordt de muziek onmiddellijk stopgezet.
The manual records reported 2009 and 2014 exposure readings between 100 and 115 dB(A), lasting more than four hours.
Exact wordingOpen manual PDF ↗het geluidsniveau tussen de 100 - 115 dB(A) lag, en de blootstellingduur meer dan 4 uur was.
The guideline appears in the official Landscourant van Aruba, year 2025, edition no. 2, dated 24 January 2025, beginning on printed page 17.
Exact wordingOpen official source ↗Richtlijn hinderlijke geluidsnormen voor muziekevenementen · Directie Volksgezondheid · Maart 2015.
The Government of Aruba describes the DVG publication as guidance intended to support future compliance with the Hinderlijke geluidenverordening; it is not the same instrument as the ordinance itself.
Exact wordingOpen official source ↗Het doel is dat deze richtlijnen in de toekomst de basis vormen voor de naleving van de wet Hinderlijke geluidenverordening.
A separate DVG public-health message published in the Landscourant calls on sound companies and event stakeholders to keep sound at 85 dB for hearing protection. This is public-health guidance, not a replacement for the applicable permit or law.
Exact wordingOpen official source ↗Hearing care. Keep the decibel at 85.
The nuisance-noise ordinance prohibits making sound from music devices, amplifiers, shops, homes or enclosed places in a way that creates nuisance for the surroundings.
Exact wordingOpen official law PDF ↗Het is verboden ... op zodanige wijze geluid te maken, dat daardoor overlast voor de omgeving ontstaat.
Article 2 provides for an exemption from the Article 1 prohibition by the competent minister or an authorised official.
Exact wordingOpen official law PDF ↗Van het verbod, gesteld in artikel 1, kan ... ontheffing worden verleend.
Article 3 states that the Article 1 prohibition does not apply when the competent minister or authorised official has granted a permit for a music performance or music on the public road.
Exact wordingOpen official law PDF ↗Het verbod, gesteld in artikel 1, is niet van toepassing indien ... vergunning is verleend tot het geven van een muziek-uitvoering.
The police ordinance includes a public-road prohibition against causing others nuisance or interference.
Exact wordingOpen official law PDF ↗Het is verboden op de openbare weg: a. anderen hinder of overlast aan te doen.
Public-road music or singing performances require a permit under Article 26.
Exact wordingOpen official law PDF ↗Het is verboden zonder vergunning ... op de openbare weg: muziek- of zanguitvoeringen ... te geven, muziek te maken of te zingen.
Within built-up areas, work causing serious noise or other serious nuisance that can be observed by neighbours or from the public road requires a permit.
Exact wordingOpen official law PDF ↗Het is verboden in de bebouwde kommen zonder vergunning ... enig werk te verrichten, dat geraas of andere hinder van ernstige aard veroorzaakt.
Public amusements and gatherings open to the public require a permit under the police ordinance.
Exact wordingOpen official law PDF ↗Het is verboden zonder vergunning ... openbare vermakelijkheden te geven of voor het publiek toegankelijke bijeenkomsten ... te houden.
The Safety Ordinance provides the basis for workplace measures to prevent occupational disease.
Exact wordingOpen official law PDF ↗Ter beveiliging van de arbeid dienen er maatregelen genomen te worden om beroepsziekten te voorkomen.
For harmful sound vibrations affecting the hearing organ, the decree requires suitable protective equipment to be made available and used as needed.
Exact wordingOpen official law PDF ↗tegen de inwerking van schadelijke geluidstrillingen op het gehoororgaan: doelmatige beschuttingsmiddelen.
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