117. Welcomes the recent extension and enhancement of ENISA’s mandate and considers that it has a key role to play in ensuring a high level of IT systems and network security within the European Union thanks to its technical and scientific expertise and its contribution to preventing and combating cyber incidents; urges ENISA to step up its efforts to improve the response and support capacities of computer emergency response teams (CERT) and help establish European security standards for electronic appliances, networks and services;

Member States, in cooperation with the Union, should also seek to improve international cooperation relating to the security of information systems, computer networks and computer data.

(1) Forming part of the Union’s general strategy aimed at combating organised crime, increasing the resilience of computer networks, protecting critical information infrastructure and data protection, the objective of this Directive is to approximate rules on criminal law in the Member States in the area of attacks against information systems, and improve cooperation between judicial and other competent authorities, including the police and other specialised law enforcement services of the Member States, the Commission, Eurojust, Europol, Union and national computer emergency response teams and the European Network and Information Securi ...[+++]ty Agency, to enable a common and comprehensive Union approach.

Member States shall ensure that the noise maps are made available to the public as well as to appropriate organisations such as environmental organisations, consumer organisations, organisations representing the interests of sensitive populations and other relevant health-care bodies by means, for example, of broadcast media, press, information screens or computer-network services, by publishing them on the Internet or any other on-line facility, or are published in some other suitable way, within two months of their approval by the competent authority.

The forthcoming Commission Communication on making the information society safer by combating computer crime will propose comprehensive action to make computer networks, including Internet, safer.

Member States shall ensure that up-to-date information on ambient concentrations of ozone is routinely made available to the public as well as to appropriate organisations such as environmental organisations, consumer organisations, organisations representing the interests of sensitive population groups and other relevant health care bodies, by means, for example, of the broadcasting media, the press, information screens or computer network services.