This strikes me more as an anti-EU piece rather than talking about an attempt to ban bagpipes of any kind which I hardly think is likely to happen (virtually every country in Europe has some local form of bagpipes).

The legislation is primarily aimed at controlling workplace noise which is a serious problem, especially where workers are exposed to elevated levels of noise for extended periods. The piece asserts that "pipers must adhere to strict volume limits..." but having just looked through the legislation and its guidance I cannot see any mention of pipers or bagpipes at all.

Zen